BBC entitlement

SIR – Just a month ago Tim Davie, director-general of the BBC (Letters, March 16), said that it was “truly amazing” that people were prepared to pay a forced licence fee (report, February 17).

That the fee may now increase by a further £13 a year (report, March 17) simply confirms our inability to disabuse him of his arrogant selfdelusion.

Cameron Morice

Reading, Berkshire

SIR – Tim Davie’s capitulation to the recent insurrection at the BBC means his authority has gone, and that renders his position untenable.

He must therefore be removed from post and, as a first step, his successor must cancel Gary Lineker’s contract and sack every individual who refused to work normally last weekend.

No organisation can possibly survive if the board and senior management fail to assert their authority – regardless of the possible short-term collateral damage.

Michael Grayeff

Edgware, Middlesex

SIR – Philip Johnston (Comment, March 15) asks why we are forced to pay for the BBC.

For the price of the licence fee (currently £159) we get four entertainment television channels, a news channel and a Parliament channel, six national radio channels and a large number of local radio channels. This is a wide-ranging mix.

Mr Johnston says he subscribes to Amazon, Netflix, Britbox, Disney and Now TV. I estimate that this costs him more than £500 per year. For this money he is not getting radio, or the diversity that the BBC’S television and radio output offers. In terms of value for money, the BBC wins handsomely. Stephen Eades

Allington, Kent

SIR – Two years after the death of my sister from terminal cancer, BBC licence-fee letters were still arriving at her empty flat on a regular basis, threatening debt-collecting visits, court action and fines.

This despite the fact that I had informed them of my sister’s passing, and her estate was due the remittance of the full licence fee. We are still awaiting that payment.

Allan Gill

Edinburgh