Gary Lineker has topped the listing of the BBC’s highest-earning stars for the eighth yr working.
The previous Match Of The Day presenter, who left the BBC in Could, earned £1.35m in 2024/25, in response to the company’s annual report.
Presenter Zoe Ball was the second-highest paid, incomes £517,000 for her work on the Radio 2 breakfast present, which she left in December final yr.
Her alternative as breakfast present host Scott Mills was simply outdoors the highest 10 because the eleventh highest earner – with a wage of between £355,000 and £359,000.
Ball has since returned to a brand new Saturday afternoon present on Radio 2, which she started internet hosting in Could.
Lineker’s former Match Of The Day colleague Alan Shearer was the third-highest earner, with a wage of between £440,000 and £444,999.
Precise salaries for Lineker and Ball are listed within the BBC’s annual report, however the pay of the remainder of the on-air expertise is listed in bands.
BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James was fourth on the listing, whereas presenters Fiona Bruce and Nick Robinson have been the joint fifth-highest earners.
The listing doesn’t embrace people who find themselves paid via impartial manufacturing corporations or the BBC’s industrial arm BBC Studios.
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The BBC’s annual report comes because the organisation has confronted criticism for a collection of failings.
They’ve included the airing of a controversial Bob Vylan set at Glastonbury – the place the band led chants of “death to the IDF”, and claims of “inappropriate behaviour” by MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace.
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Talking after the publication of the report, BBC director-general Tim Davie mentioned MasterChef can survive its present scandal as it’s “much bigger than individuals”.
However he burdened that the company should “make sure we’re in the right place in terms of the culture of the show”.
They mentioned a number of BBC employees members had been dismissed within the final three months, following an impartial assessment into office tradition.
