The BBC licence fee should be replaced by a Sky-style subscription, a new poll has found. Forty per cent of those polled backed subscriptions, compared with 37 per cent who favour the present £157.50 annual charge. The survey, commissioned by the Defund The BBC pressure group, also found 15 per cent of viewers say they will not watch any BBC programmes during Christmas, while a third plan to watch a maximum of five hours. The BBC licence fee should be replaced by a Sky-style subscription, a new poll has found Boris Johnson is coming under growing pressure from Tory backbenchers to re-examine the way the broadcaster is funded.