> The fear of the TV detector van kept people tuned in [...] Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but that doesn't seem to me like it makes any sense. How could fear of

> The fear of the TV detector van kept people tuned in [...] Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but that doesn't seem to me like it makes any sense. How could fear of being caught watching the TV without a licence make you more likely to watch the TV? It could make you more likely to pay, or less likely to have a TV, but those are entirely different.