It’s September tomorrow, marking the return to the ‘season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,’ the return of students to Falmouth, and - this year - a new TV Licence fee regime.

As of next month, everyone using BBC iPlayer for catch-up TV will have to fall in line with the rest of us and fork over their £145 - or around £12 a month.

Bad news for students, you may be thinking, but surely it’s only fair that everyone pays the same for using the same service.

More importantly - and I may be biased - surely it’s only fair that journalists and content providers get paid for what they create.

I personally don’t own a television, but I consider my daily fix of Radio 4 or the odd BBC 3 binge well worth 40p a day. Hell, I’d probably cough up £50 just to hear David Attenborough do ‘What a Wonderful World’ again.

Many attack the licence fee as an unfair tax. Don’t want to pay it, fine if you don’t use it, but if you consider what the BBC provides it’s not a bad deal.