What a lovely gesture!
What a lovely gesture June 13, 2019 - 16:38 BST Jenni McKnight Ben Fogle has promised to donate his entire Animal Park salary to help pay for pensioners' TV licences after the BBC announced plans to scrap free TV licences for people over the age of 75. The broadcaster wrote an impassioned Instagram post, in which he said the nation "owes" it to the "often neglected sector of society" to pay the charge.
Taking to Instagram, the 45-year-old said: "I LOVE the BBC. I think it is one of the greatest institutions in the world. It is the envy of most nations, it makes amazing content and I’d argue it is still value for money. I also owe my whole career to the BBC. They gave me my first break and they employed me for many years but I am disappointed in the recent announcement on the abolition of free licences to the over 75s. I don’t entirely blame the BBC.
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ben Fogle on Apr 28, 2019 at 1:36am PDTMORE: Public outrage as free TV licence for millions of over-75s scrapped He added: "My late grandparents, Jean and Dick LOVED the BBC. They would have been lost without it in their twilight years… We owe it to those over 75 who have served their country in the armed forces, the NHS, the fire service etc. Let’s not penalise those who most value the great BBC… This is the least I can do for those over 75, an often neglected sector of society."On Tuesday, the BBC faced huge public backlash after revealing plans to scrap free TV licenses for pensioners.
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