BBC reveal the wages of their highest earners

For the first time in its history, the BBC have revealed the amount of money that their on-screen talent are earning. Of these 96 stars who earn more than £150,000 a year, the total earnings amount to almost £30m. Only one third of the names on the list are women. Chris Evans is the highest paid BBC star taking home £2.2-2.49m. Match of the Day host Gary Lineker is the second highest earner on £1.75-1.79m. Chatshow and radio host Graham Norton receives £850k-£899k -– although his wages from his chat show aren’t taken into account as it’s owned by a separate company. Claudia Winkleman is the highest paid woman with £450k-£499k. https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/887612986273214464 As for the BBC News team, Jeremy Vine is the top earner on £700k-£749k, he's ahead of Huw Edwards who earns £550k-£599k. The highest paid female journalist is Fiona Bruce on £350k-£399k. The BBC receives about £3.7 billion every year from the TV licence fee and in April the fee increased for the first time since 2010, to £147 from £145.50. The BBC have stressed that its overall talent bill has been reduced by more than £4m over the last financial year, to £194m. All the relevant details regarding wages are included below. https://twitter.com/bbcpress/status/887582849041408000 £2,200,000-2,249,999 Chris Evans, Presenter £1,750,000 - £1,799,999 Gary Lineker, Presenter £850,000-899,999 Graham Norton, Presenter £700,000-749,999 Jeremy Vine, Presenter £600,000-649,999 John Humphry's, Presenter £550,000-599,999 Huw Edwards, Presenter £500,000 549,999 Steve Wright, Presenter £450,000-499,999 Claudia Winkleman, Presenter Matt Baker, Commentator and Presenter £400,000-449,999 Alex Jones, Presenter Nicky Campbell, Presenter Stephen Nolan, Presenter Andrew Marr, Presenter Alan Shearer, Sport £350,000 - £399,99 Derek Thompson, Actor Fiona Bruce, Presenter Tess Daly, Presenter Vanessa Feltz, Presenter Nick Grimshaw, Presenter Simon Mayo, Presenter £300,000-349,999 Nick Knowles, Presenter Sue Barker, Presenter Eddie Mair, Presenter Lauren Laverne, Presenter £250,000-299,999 George Alagiah, Presenter Nick Robinson, Presenter Ken Bruce, Presenter Scott Mills, Presenter Trevor Nelson, Presenter Evan Davis, Presenter Brian Cox, Presenter Zoe Ball, Presenter Jason Mohammad, Presenter Amanda Mealing, Actor £200,000 -249,999 Peter Capaldi, Actor Danny Dyer, Actor Emilia Fox, Actor David Jason, Actor Rosie Marcel, Actor Adam Woodyatt, Actor Gary Barlow, Contributor Len Goodman, Contributor Dannii Minogue, Contributor Bruno Tonioli, Contributor Alan Yentob, Presenter Victoria Derbyshire, Presenter Mishal Husain, Presenter Martha Kearney, Presenter Laura Kuenssberg, Correspondent Andrew Neil, Presenter Jon Sopel, Correspondent Mark Radcliffe, Presenter Mark Chapman, Presenter Jools Holland, Presenter Dan Walker, Presenter John Inverdale, Presenter Gabby Logan, Presenter £150,000-199,999 Laurie Brett, Actor Letitia Dean, Actor Tameka Empson, Actor Guy Henry, Actor Linda Henry, Actor Scott Maslen, Actor Diane Parish, Actor Hugh Quarshie, Actor Jemma Redgrave, Actor Tim Roth, Actor Catherine Shipton, Actor Gillian Taylforth, Actor Lacey Turner, Actor Darcey Bussell, Contributor Mel Giedroyc, Presenter Craig Horwood, Contributor Paul Martin, Presenter Simon Schama, Presenter Justin Webb, Presenter Kirsty Wark, Presenter John Simpson, Correspondent Sophie Raworth, Presenter John Pienaar, Correspondent James Naughtie, Correspondent and Presenter Gavin Esler, Presenter Mark Easton, Correspondent Ben Brown, Presenter Jeremy Bowen, Correspondent Kamal Ahmed, Correspondent Adrian Chiles, Presenter Greg James, Presenter Shaun Keaveny, Presenter Moira Stuart, Presenter Jo Whiley, Presenter Naga Munchetty, Presenter and Contributor John McEnroe, Presenter and Commentator Jonathan Davies, Contributor Clare Balding, Presenter Jonathan Agnew, Presenter and Commentator https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/887600045368987649 https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/887601073518776320 https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/887602413695315968 https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/887603655125479424 https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/887605963427074048 https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/887606495378124801