Licensed to Menace.

Has anyone noticed the latest BBC television licence advertisement?

In menacing tones the voice-over states that every one of us is on their database and that there is no escape if we don’t have a TV licence.

Anyone would think that they were dealing with master criminals who were stealing state secrets rather than Joe Public.

When anybody buys a new television they have to fill in a form with their name and address on it. I assume this then goes onto the database. However I don’t remember giving BBC permission to keep me on their database so I think they might be breaking the law.

I will be seeking advice from my MP to find out why they can make advertisements that assume most of the population are guilty and put them all on their sinister database without consent.

BBC you are contravening the data protection act, there is no escape.