Why should the government grab £95000? This should come back to the licence payers.

Roger Slade, winchester,

A friend of mine was on the Chris Moyles Breakfast Show a while back. He told me he got through and was told they would call him back in 20 minutes time and he'd be on air with the crew. In that time, Moyles et al merrily encouraged listeners to continue to call in to be "in with a chance to win!"

David, London,

It's about time these phone lines were closed down. All the TV channels have shown their blatant disregard and contempt for the viewers by persistently ripping them off. Ban these phone lines for profit. Charity phone-ins are another matter.

David Postle, London,

Don't fine the BBC. It's OUR license money. that pays the fine. We pay for Ofcom as well. Find out who's responsible and sack them. That may teach the BBC to stop misleading (telling lies to) the public.

mjbannister, Washington,

Peanuts to the BBC when they can spend £45,000 on a party for one show!

John, Salford/Eccles, England

Fined 95,000 pounds !?
This is license payers' money, and as such cannot be levied in the same way that profits can be taken from shareholders.

Where on earth will this money be going ?
I will be contacting ofcom and post my response here.

michael t, Bournemouth, uk

When will people get the message and stop phoning these programmes.

Rod, Bolton, UK

Phil from Worcesester is right but forgot to mention that we also pay for ofcom who imposed the fine. Yes they do get some levies from industry but that includes BBC & C4. So we pay civil servants to monitor and fine other civil servants who then pay fines with our money. A not so virtuous circle!

Lyndon, London,

As Phil says, the solution is not to fine the licence fee payer.

But the solution is equally not to fire the presenters of the shows, who probably had little to do with it, but to discipline the folk in the background who actually set the whole thing up.

Please no witch hunt this time, UK media.

Olivia, London,

It not just confined to those programmes. They incite anger on the Alan Green soccer phone in on purpose just to get the angry soccer supporters to voice their distaste of the blatant distortion of match commentaries.

CATRIN JONES, CAERNARFON, WALES.

How were the winners picked then?

Nick, Southampton,

Well. This is the most utterly terrible thing I have heard in all my life. I didn't hear these shows, and I know they were broadcast three years ago but I feel that I must complain about this regardless. Who do I call?! Oh, and obviously the presenters & managers in question must be sacked. No?!

Matt, Leeds, UK

As a corporation funded by the licence fee payer, any fine is paid for by members of the public, not the BBC. Fines are simply not a satisfactory punishment. Those involved should be fired.

Tom, London,

I can't stand Dermot O'Leary's smugness.

sedgwick, London, UK

What is the point of fining the BBC? We the licence payers actually pay the fine. If the BBC runs out of money then WE pay again.

The real solution is to sack the people responsible.

Phil, worcester,