P481ORACLE 481 Mon 3 Mar C4 1712:10  1/2      by Linda Boulton  £58 TV LICENCE FEE TO STAY.... The Government is planning to retain the £58 licence fee for a further year while they continue consultations on proposals to allow advertising on the BBC. The licence fee was fixed by the Home Secretary, for a two year period in 1985, when the Peacock enquiry into the possibility of advertising on the BBC was also announced. Now the two year period looks like being extended to March 1988 and in the meantime the BBC will have to accept the £58 licence fee - £6 less per year than they were demanding. Home File Index 480 Recipes 482/3

P481ORACLE 481 Mon 3 Mar C4 1706:03  2/2      by Linda Boulton  IN BRIEF: ■ The British Screen Advisory Council are asking for a levy of 30p an hour on blank tapes and 10% of the dealer price on pre-recorded films with the proceeds to go to a fund for the benefit of the film industry. Such a tax could raise up to £30 milion annually say the council. ■ The Independant Broadcasting Authority is to produce a set of " commercials" warning parents to have children in bed by 9pm as some TV programmes are not suitable for family viewing. more follows > Home File Index 480 Recipes 482/3