graham norton received more than £850,000. the final day of the premier league...deal takes him over £1.75 million. how do you feel about bbc talent salaries being published? but top of the bbc pay list, chris evans. £2.2 million. we are the ultimate public company, i think. and therefore i think it is probably on balance right and proper that people know what we get paid. where is everyone ? the best paid bbc actor is derek thompson, charlie from casualty, with more than £350,000. other actors paid by independent companies do not appear. also some stars such as graham norton also have deals not on the list with independent firms. but it does give a snapshot of the level of top pay. more than £700,000 forjeremy vine, stephen nolan from bbc ulster, more than £400,000. however, the bbc says it has been cutting top pay, dropping more than 10% over the last 12 months. we are constantly working at ensuring that we get the balance right between our public, who want to have great shows headed by stars and great presenters, and then also wanting to know that their money, a

graham norton for example, we didn't get the money he earns for his chat show.at anybody who works for the bbc not directly but through an independent production company which is commissioned by the bbc, their figures, their income is not declared as part of this sort that are quitea declared as part of this sort that are quite a number of actors and other stars who are not going to be on this list and some of the people who aren't on this list earn more than the list suggests an graham norton is a very good example of that. according to this years between 850000 and £900,000 a year but that doesn't include the money he gets for his bbc one chat show which is made by an independent producer. there is a lack of transparency which is not the bbc‘s fault, this is a winner declaration of these figures was ordained by the government, but it does mean that the figures were slightly murky and also it is quite difficult to compare presenters, one presenter with another apparently doing the samejob. then with another apparently doing the same job. then you with another a

behind him is graham norton.illion for presenting on radio 2 and top gear. there was a little crowd of reporters waiting as he left work today. we are the ultimate public company, i think. and therefore i think it's probably on balance, right and proper that people know what we get paid. and here are the details. gary lineker‘s deal is heading towards £i.8 million. radio 2'sjeremy vine takes onjust under £750,000. huw edwards earns between £550,000-£599,000. and john humphrys from the today programme and mastermind gets almost £650,000, and today he was the one facing the tough questions. what do i do? on paper, absolutely nothing that justifies that huge amount of money. if you compare me with lots of other people who do visible... if a doctor saves a child's life, or if a nurse comforts a dying person. however, we operate in a market place. i think i provide a fairly useful service. somebody has to do the job of trying to hold power to account. what's also notable are the names that are missing. no david dimble

graham norton received more than £850,000. the final day of the premier league...lion. how do you feel about bbc talent salaries being published? but top of the bbc pay list, chris evans. £2.2 million. we are the ultimate public company, i think. and therefore i think that it is probably on balance right and proper that people know what we get paid. where is everyone ? the best paid bbc actor is derek thompson, charlie from casualty, with more than £350,000. other actors paid by independent companies don't appear. also some stars such as graham norton also have deals not on the list with independent firms. but it does give a snapshot of the level of top pay. more than £700,000 forjeremy vine, stephen nolan from bbc ulster, more than £400,000. however, the bbc says it has been cutting top pay, dropping more than 10% over the last 12 months. we are constantly working at ensuring that we get the balance right between our public, who want to have great shows headed by stars and great presenters, and then also wanting to know that their money, and it is their money, pub

graham norton, isn'ta £50,000.de what he is paid for his bbc chat show. jeremy vine. the highest—paid woman on the list is claudia winkleman. she gets £a50,000 a year. it is difficult to compare people doing what appears to be the samejob with people doing what appears to be the same job with other people doing the same job with other people doing the samejob because same job with other people doing the same job because because samejob because because many presenters appear on more than one show, sue this should be taken with some caution, but if we take the deflation between men and women, the seniors presenterjohn humphrys get... nick robinson gets £250,000, mishal husain, the highest—paid woman, gets £200,000. justin webb ‘s get £170,000 plus. we are told we should not assume that the lowest paid presenter of today is a woman andi paid presenter of today is a woman and i surmise from that but fairer martin you may be on a list if she did more shifts. she's only doing part—time. 0n the one show, there is a differ

behind him is graham norton.enting on radio 2 and top gear. there was a little crowd of reporters waiting as he left work today. we are the ultimate public company, i think. and therefore i think it's probably, on balance, right and proper that people know what we get paid. and here are the details. gary lineker‘s deal is heading towards £1.8 million. radio 2'sjeremy vine takes onjust under £750,000. huw edwards earns between £550,000-£599,000. and john humphrys from the today programme and mastermind gets almost £650,000, and today he was the one facing the tough questions. what do i do? on paper, absolutely nothing that justifies that huge amount of money. if you compare me with lots of other people who do visible... if a doctor saves a child's life, or if a nurse comforts a dying person. however, we operate in a market place. i think i provide a fairly useful service. somebody has to do the job of trying to hold power to account. what's also notable are the names that are missing. no david dimbleby. no david a

and if you believe, like graham norton does, that he doesn't understand how people don't finish a bottleo they know when it is time to go to bed, this is not the story for you. no. there are so many other reasons not to drink, but that is one of the good reasons to do so. that's it for the papers tonight. thank you, joel taylor and kate devlin. goodbye. good evening. there's something wrong with the weather at the moment. today was a mixture of sunshine and heavy april showers and we have more showers this evening and overnight. the heavy ones in the south—east should ease away, but we'll keep them going in the west and particularly further north across northern ireland, scotland and northern england. the showers could be heavy enough to give a rumble or two of thunder. some clearer spells overnight. perhaps not many showers across much of england and wales on friday morning. some decent sunshine before the cloud increases from the south—west. eventually, we'll see some rain coming across england and wales. for most of the day, for the cricket at the oval, it may well be dry. we're not e

it after the birth of her daughter clarkson debuted her single heartbeat song on the uk show "graham nortonsonality katie hopkins tweeted in response "what happened to kelly clarkson? did she eat all of her backing singer?" hopkins later doubled down on her comments on "entertainment tonight." >> she needs to get out there with her stroller and do some pushing and get some of that weight off. >> reporter: clarkson responded, saying to "heat" magazine, "i'm awesome. it doesn't bother me." >> i feel like i'm on a speedboat. >> reporter: and last year comedian amy schumer spoke candidly to "glamour" about being criticized about her weight, saying i have a belly, i have cellulite and i still deserve love. recently shonda rhimes, the tv titan behind mega hits like "scandal" and "grey's anatomy" -- >> every day is like this. every day there's a crisis. >> reporter: has said she's been treated differently since shedding 150 pounds, writing in her shondaland newsletter, "these days i feel like a chunky spy in a thinner world. strangers tell fat jokes in front of me, jokes not meant for me but compl

graham norton is paid over £850,000, though that doesn't include his tv show.the highest—paid woman on over £a50,000. lineker, the former england captain, tweeted today about who came top of this league. but crucially the list isn't complete. we still don't know what big names like davids dimbleby and attenborough or mary berry get paid, because they work eitherfor independent companies or bbc worldwide, a commercial entity. the bbc‘s director—general insisted value for money was his priority. these people have relatively straightforward jobs, they really enjoy doing them and they're paid colossal sums of public money. i think they are highly skilled jobs, i think you underestimate what it is to present a programme, to have a bond, a close bond with the public. this is the forth bridge, we are constantly assessing — and should be constantly assessing — the people, the job we are asking them to do, and are they getting the right pay, and thinking about that all the time. it is public money, we owe the public that. at a tour of the bbc‘s salford studios today the