Sorry, I meant to say "receive", not "watch". We used to have B&W licences, and people with colour VCrs but B&W tvs were told that they were receiving in colou

Sorry, I meant to say "receive", not "watch". We used to have B&W licences, and people with colour VCrs but B&W tvs were told that they were receiving in colour and so needed a colour licence. This kind of thing makes TV licencing unpopular.