What about adapting your outgoings to you income? When I divorced I only had little money on hand and at first I was very frustrated, but then I realized that such a lot of things aren't absolutely necessary and my outgoings matched once again my income.

There's a basic fee you have to pay when you want to watch TV, then you have the choice of either using a satellite dish (installation rather expensive I realised) or cable television for which you have to pay an additional monthly fee.  Then there's, of course, also Pay TV.
For years I have had cable TV, then one day my son-in-law had a satellite dish that he did no longer require, however, the costs for installing it very so high that I could have easily watched cable TV for more than 10 years.

hello mac,you get a FREE T.V. LICENCE. when you reach 75.

Mac, I hope when you get this free license (that doesn't exist in Germany) you won't spend the whole day watching TV.

if i didnt get a free license, i dont think i would have a tv.I like intelligent quizzes, and documentarys, but with  the loud music thats played during the docs, i just have to switch off.Why must  loud music be played while people are talking.

William
when you get your new digital tv you can turn the background music off !!!!

No, Mac, it's just for saving costs and to be honest the stories often ressemble each other. Last year we had a lot of series and movies on TV dealing in Africa - when you had sawn one, you didn't need to see the others - the setting and story were, except for some insignificant changes, the same.

Hi Will
this is the new digital tv that is being brought out,we get ours in march.Try checking with the manufacturer to see how you can do it,I only know because on the Titchmarsh show it said digital viewers can turn off the background music by pressing a certain colour button.,I did and it worked !! but I havent seen it since.I think maybe they are getting ready for the big switch over.