The Match of the Day presenter takes home £1.35m, with Radio 2's Zoe Ball the next highest earner
Match of the Day host Gary Lineker has topped a list of the BBC's best-paid stars for a fifth year in a row, taking £1.35m in the last financial year.
Average viewing dropped from eight hours 11 minutes in 2020/21 to seven hours 12 minutes in 2021/22, although part of that fall may be explained by people watching less than they did during the height of the pandemic. However, iPlayer usage has increased by around 12%.The star salaries list does not include all presenters and actors because the corporation's commercial arm BBC Studios, which makes many of programmes, does not have to publish its talent spend.
Seventy-four on-air people earning more than £150,000 were listed this year, with the gender split similar to last year - 41 men and 33 women . Previous director general Tony Hall had pledged that the gap would be closed by 2020. Scott Mills, who is moving from Radio 1 to take up Steve Wright's afternoon slot on Radio 2 later this year, had an increase of £15,000. Wright also had a £15,000 pay rise, although his salary is likely to be reduced next year when he leaves his current daytime show.The wage bill for all on-air talent overall is down slightly at £129.8m. Last year it was £130m.
"And actually our research shows people want to see the best people presenting and delivering for the BBC." The total bill for the BBC's executive board, including non-executives, was £4.3m, down from £4.8m in 2020/2021.
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