BBC reveals highest-earning stars - and the amount they earn

Gary Lineker has topped the database of the BBC's highest-earning stars for the eighth twelvemonth running.

The erstwhile Match Of The Day presenter, who near the BBC successful May, earned £1.35m successful 2024/25, according to the corporation's yearly report.

Presenter Zoe Ball was the second-highest paid, earning £517,000 for her enactment connected the Radio 2 meal show, which she near successful December past year.

Her replacement arsenic meal amusement big Scott Mills was conscionable extracurricular the apical 10 arsenic the eleventh highest earner - with a wage of betwixt £355,000 and £359,000.

Ball has since returned to a caller Saturday day amusement connected Radio 2, which she began hosting successful May.

Lineker's erstwhile Match Of The Day workfellow Alan Shearer was the third-highest earner, with a wage of betwixt £440,000 and £444,999.

Exact salaries for Lineker and Ball are listed successful the BBC's yearly report, but the wage of the remainder of the on-air endowment is listed successful bands.

BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James was 4th connected the list, portion presenters Fiona Bruce and Nick Robinson were the associated fifth-highest earners.

The database does not see radical who are paid done autarkic accumulation companies oregon the BBC's commercialized limb BBC Studios.

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The BBC's yearly study comes arsenic the organisation has faced disapproval for a bid of failings.

They person included the airing of a controversial Bob Vylan set astatine Glastonbury - wherever the set led chants of "death to the IDF", and claims of "inappropriate behaviour" by MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace.

Speaking aft the work of the report, BBC director-general Tim Davie said MasterChef tin past its existent ungraded arsenic it is "much bigger than individuals".

But helium stressed that the corp indispensable "make definite we're successful the close spot successful presumption of the civilization of the show".

They said respective BBC unit members had been dismissed successful the past 3 months, pursuing an autarkic reappraisal into workplace culture.