john humphrys and jeremy vine, the two leading news presenters on the list, earning over £600,000 and0 respectively. they were followed by the likes of huw edwards, on more than £550,000, andrew marr, earning over £400,000, fiona bruce, with more than £350,000, and laura kuenssberg on over £200,000, who was in the same range as andrew neil, as wasjon sopel. many bbc outlets indulged in what some viewers felt was washing their dirty linen in public, including breakfast, with a surreally self—referential paper review presented awkwardly by on—the—list naga munchetty and not on the list charlie stayt. it's not every day the bbc brea kfast sofa ma kes the front page of the sun, but there we go. the figures are out. and many of the papers, as naga said, are looking at some of the detail and some of the discrepancies highlighted. the daily mail say mutiny — bitter recriminations of the politically correct bbc as this gulf between men and women's pay is revealed. so that's us on newswatch broadcast during breakfast, showing a clip of breakfast, featuring a newspaper front page about breakfas

jeremy vine, his colleague on radio 2, was close to the top of the list.ever for a second doubted how lucky i am to work in there and... i'm just sorry, i think the bbc's really hurting today. 2 million. 75 million. include his tv show. woman, on over £450,000. top of this league. but, crucially, the list isn't complete. a commercial entity. the bbc's director—general insisted value for money was his priority. sums of public money. a close bond with the public. and thinking about that all the time. it is public money, we owe the public that. about the cost of on—air talent. i think they're in privileged positions, basically. earning sums like that. and pay competitive rates, because otherwise... so we should be able to pay competitive rates. but i'm a bit shocked at what chris evans gets paid. of them do just as good a job. earning £350,000 or over. is being spent and that they're getting that value for money. being paid as much as others. minority background. are all paid over £250,000. like amazon and netflix. command the same salaries elsewhere. come in

john humphrys and jeremy vine there, who were the two leading news presenters on the list, earning over,000 and £700 , 000 respectively. they were followed by the likes of huw edwards on more than £550,000. andrew marr earning over £400,000. fiona bruce with more than £350,000 and laura kuenssberg with over £200,000, who was in same range as andrew neil, as wasjon soppel. many bbc outlets indulged in what some viewers felt was washing their dirty linen in public. including breakfast, with this really surreal paper review, presented awkwardly by on—the—list naga munchetty and not—on—the—list charlie stayt. not every day we make the front page of the sun, but there you go. the figures are out there. many of the papers looking at some of the detail and some of the detail and some of the detail and some of the discrepancies highlighted. the daily mail saying mutiny. bitter recrimination at the politically correct bbc as this gulf between men and women is revealed. so that's us, newswatch, broadcast during breakfast, showing a clip of breakfast, featuring a newspaper headline about breakfast

for instantjohn humphrys and jeremy vine both present tv quiz shows which contribute to their bills. replaceable each person is and how much they would earn elsewhere. bbc says although it often pays below the market rate, it cannot ignore the rates. but that cuts no ice with david goodchild who told us... well, the bbc direct general lord hall rsponded to all these points in an interview he gave on wednesday. he said that the gender pay gap was lower on the bbc thanit was lower on the bbc than it was nationally bbc and pledged equal pay off the air between men and women by 2020 and pointed to the increased competition to bbc for presenters from companies such as apple and amazon and said continued effo rts and amazon and said continued efforts to reduce the on wage bill. —— onair. we are constantly working at ensuring that we get the balance right between our public, who want to have great shows presented by stars and great presenters and them also wanted to know that their money — their money, public money — is being spent properly and it is aleways a balance. mark damazer has work

for instance, john humphrys and jeremy vine both present tv quiz shows which contribute to their wageates. but that cuts no ice with david goodchild who told us... well, the bbc direct general, lord hall, responded to all these points in an interview he gave on wednesday. he said the gender pay gap was lower on the bbc than it was nationally, and pledged equal pay on the air between men and women by 2020. he pointed to the increased competition to the bbc for presenters, not just domestically, but from companies, such as apple and amazon, and he said he'd continue efforts to reduce the on—air wage bill. we are constantly working at ensuring that we get the balance right between our public, who want to have great shows presented by stars and great presenters, and them also wanting to know that their money — and it's their money, public money — is being spent properly and that is always a balance. mark damazer has worked at the bbc for many years, including as deputy director of bbc news, and he was later a bbc trustee. he is now master at saint peters college oxford. welcome to newswat

on £900,000, though that figure doesn't include his tv chat show. other well known faces include jeremy vine humphrys on up to £650,000, and huw edwards, who earns between £550,000 and £599,000. but there's controversy over how many women make the list, just a third. claudia winkleman is the highest paid, with up to £499,000, then alexjones on up to £449,000, with fiona bruce receiving up tojust under £400,000. well, the bbc‘s director general, lord hall has been defending the payments, saying the corporation is operating in a very competitive market. 0ur media correspondent david sillito has more details. his report contains some flashing images. the secrets are out — gary lineker of match of the day is the second highest—paid star in the bbc. behind him is graham norton. but at number one, it's chris evans on £2.2 million 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 d

jeremy vine, his colleague on radio 2, was close to the top of the list.nd doubted how lucky i am to work in there and... i'm just sorry, i think the bbc‘s really hurting today. evans is paid over £2.2 million. gary lineker of match of the day is next on over £1.75 million. graham norton is paid over £850,000, though that doesn't include his tv show. and claudia winkleman is 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.

jeremy vine. the highest—paid woman on the list is claudia winkleman. she gets £a50,000 a year.ng 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 differential flared between alex jones... dan walker gets £200,000 plus, another of the women, louise minchin, does not figure on the list. fiona bruce gets £350,000 plus, hugh edwa

jeremy vine, answering the questions for once. but what do licence fee payers make of it?t relevant any more. gary lineker... it's a lot of money. i'm not sure the public really needs to know this kind of information. it's just going to wind people up. they are on large amounts, but i've noticed that the women are on a lot less. a lot of them dojust as good a job as the men, so they should be on the same money. the bbc should be allowed to be competitive and pay competitive rates, because we want people to watch the bbc. it's a national treasure. it's really important, so we want to pay competitive rates. but i am shocked at what chris evans gets paid. butjames purnell, the bbc's director of radio and education explained why some star's received seemingly high salaries. if you got all of chris' listeners together and ask them to pay for him for a week, it would be less than 1p per person. 0urjob is to put on world —class per person. 0urjob is to put on world—class programmes, and to do that, we have to pay world—class talent. we typically pay less than the market, but we h

men and women working their fingers to the bone was nothing to show for it at the end of it and jeremy vine comment, one ought to have said things publicly, chris evans says he thinks on balance it is right that those who works for a public organisation the public should know how much is paid. and andrew ma he gets between £450,000 put out a statement saying he is paid less than he was two yea rs he is paid less than he was two years ago which is some evidence the bbc has been trying to push these talent fees down. thank you very much. let's now speak to the conservative mp damian collins, who chairs the culture and media select committee. your reaction now you have the list because you wanted to see this. the committee called for this to be published last summer and was supported by the government in making sure that happened so i'm pleased to see the list published. 0ne pleased to see the list published. one thing that strikes people is not so much the pay of top earners, we expected people chris evans and gary lineker to have high salaries but it is the number of people on high salaries.

jeremy also in global copters. people will see how muchjeremy vine and john humphrys get praise, and will think i never will make thisegotiation with these quys the bbc in negotiation with these guys to take their money down and make sure they are not being overpaid? we are constantly working at ensuring that we get the balance right between our public, who want to have great shows presented by stars and great presenters, and then also wanting to know that their money, and it is their money, public money, and it is their money, public money, is being spent properly and thatis money, is being spent properly and that is always a balance. and over the last, to three years, yes, some key presenters and others have taken pay cuts. we keep working on this and making sure we get the best value for money and that is also why are the last year, year—on—year, the amount of money that we are spending in total on talent has gone down on 10%. 25% overfour years. we know we have to keep ensuring that the public, who pays rows, to whom the sums seem public, who pays rows, to whom the sums seem enormous, public, who pays rows, to wh