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[–]jet199 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

No, it takes money directly from the British tax payer. The government isn't involved in the financial side.

[–]dissidentrhetoric 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Only 60% of the BBC income comes from the license fee. All government gets its money from taxation. So any funding gathered from taxation is coming from the government. So in effect all TV license fee is government funding.