PETER HITCHENS: Coming soon... the day I stop watching the BBC (which is more narrow-minded than a 1950s prude)

This is Peter Hitchens���s Mail on Sunday column

News comes of a heartbreakingly cruel survey in which 200 people were deprived for nine days of the output of the BBC. To ensure they complied, their homes were plastered with ���NO BBC��� stickers and they were required to confess any lapses.

During the experiment, they were given envelopes containing the small amounts of money they would have saved if they had not been paying for their TV licences.

Many of the subjects had originally boasted ...