Arthur, if you had to watch australian free to air then you would know what galled is
id gladly pay the fee. i lived in the UK for 2 and a half years, and unless its changed since then, you guys have it good. no faraday talks ect. ect. on air here mate, i remember your ads were mostly confined to between shows mostly and in allotted groupings, and they werent the willy nilly local low quality provincal bs we have to watch in the provinces. you guys had standards from memory - something lacking here.
We never once had a tv licence and had tvs where-ever we went, I wouldnt be complaining about your 'free-air-to-air'
I REALLY missed british tv when i got home.