Graham Norton is the highest paid star at the corporation with
earnings of more than £3 million-a-year – exposing the BBC ’s pay
table as misleading.
The true extent of what the top
male stars earn at the BBC is even more staggering than first revealed on
Wednesday when their full earnings are combined across all shows.
It shows that the corporation were being far from transparent earlier this week
when they released figures supposedly showing the salaries of the top 96 staff.
And whilst pay packets expose a
huge gender pay gap at the corporation, they failed to show what the top trio
of men actually pocket.
Graham
Norton was listed as earning £850-899,000 for his work at the
corporation, but the figure only includes his work on Eurovision, Let It Shine
and his Radio 2 show.
In the latest accounts for the company he started, So
Television, for the year that ended July 31 2016, it states he was paid £2.613m
for “presenter fees, production fees and royalties”.
This is to cover his work on BBC1 chat series The Graham
Norton Show. The previous year he took £2.54m.
It means his true earnings from the BBC in the last financial
year will have been around £3.4-3.5m.
Chris Evans ’ salary was listed as
£2.2-2.5million but it is understood a substantial part of his Top Gear salary
comes from the commercial arm of the corporation, BBC Worldwide, and he could
be earning as much as £3 million.
Finally
Gary Lineker was listed as earning £1.75-1.8 million for his work on Match of
the Day.
But
this will not include any earnings he receives via his company Goalhanger
films.
They make
programmes for the BBC including The Premier League show, meaning his earnings
from the BBC could exceed two million.
Asked about the salaries, a BBC spokesman said: “The evidence
shows the public wants the best talent on the BBC, even if it means paying
similar to other broadcasters – though we aim to pay less and it’s well known
people have left us for much more money.
"We disclosed the payments
to talent earning over £150,000 direct from the licence fee as required by the
Charter.”
notes Mirror
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