BBC pay report in full: Here’s how much all the top earners take home

Graham Norton, Clara Amfo and Fiona Bruce are among the Beeb's most highly-paid famous faces 
Rachel McGrath16 September 2020
The Weekender

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The BBC has revealed which of its stars take home the biggest pay packets with the publication of its annual financial report.

Since 2017, the corporation has published the names of presenters, journalists and radio hosts who receive salaries of £150,000 and above - with plenty of famous faces making the list.

Gary Lineker once again comes out on top with Radio 2's Zoe Ball in second place.

Further down the list, the salaries of stars including ex-Great British Bake Off judge Mary Berry and Radio 1's Clara Amfo are included.

Strictly Come Dancing presenter Claudia Winkleman's wages have also been revealed, as have those of Amfo's colleagues Greg James and Nick Grimshaw.

See the list in full below...

Name Pay bracket
Gary Lineker £1,750,000-1,754,999
Zoe Ball £1,360,000-1,364,999
Graham Norton £725,000-729,999
Steve Wright £475,000-479,999
Huw Edwards £465,000-469,999
Fiona Bruce £450,000-454,999
Vanessa Feltz £405,000-409,999
Lauren Laverne £395,000-399,999
Stephen Nolan £390,000-394,999
Alan Shearer £390,000-394,999
Ken Bruce £385,000-389,999
Emily Maitlis £370,000-374,999
Claudia Winkleman £365,000-369,999
Andrew Marr £360,000-364,999
Scott Mills £345,000-349,999
George Alagiah £325,000-329,999
Jeremy Vine £320,000-324,999
Nicky Campbell £300,000-304,999
Nick Robinson £295,000-299,999
Laura Kuenssberg £290,000-294,999
Jason Mohammad £285,000-289,999
Jo Whiley £280,000-284,999
Evan Davis £275,000-279,999
Sophie Raworth £275,000-279,999
Greg James £275,000-279,999
Sara Cox £275,000-279,999
Mishal Husain £265,000-269,999
Emma Barnett £260,000-264,999
Dan Walker £260,000-264,999
Martha Kearney £255,000-259,999
Tina Daheley £255,000-259,999
Justin Webb £250,000-254,999
Sarah Montague £250,000-254,999
Mark Chapman £245,000-249,999
Nick Grimshaw £240,000-244,999
John Sopel £235,000-239,999
Jeremy Bowen £220,000-224,999
Trevor Nelson £220,000-224,999
Kirsty Wark £215,000-219,999
Victoria Derbyshire £215,000-219,999
Clive Myrie £215,000-219,999
Louise Minchin £215,000-219,999
Mary Berry £215,000-219,999
Katya Adler £210,000-214,999
Amol Rajan £205,000-209,999
Fergal Keane £205,000-209,999
Jermaine Jenas £200,000-204,999
Sue Barker £200,000-204,999
Naga Munchetty £195,000-199,999
John McEnroe £195,000-199,999
Charlie Stayt £190,000-194,999
Simon Jack £190,000-194,999
Mark Easton £185,000-189,999
Gabby Logan £185,000-189,999
Reeta Chakrabarti £180,000-184,999
Rachel Burden £175,000-179,999
Andrew Neill £170,000-174,999
James Naughtie £170,000-174,999
Annie Mac £170,000-174,999
Nihal Arthanayake £170,000-174,999
Jonathan Agnew £170,000-174,999
Ben Brown £165,000-169,999
John Pienaar £165,000-169,999
Simon McCoy £160,000-164,999
Orla Guerin £160,000-164,999
Sean Keaveny £160,000-164,999
Carrie Gracie £155,000-159,999
Faisal Islam £155,000-159,999
Clara Amfo £155,000-159,999
Adrian Chiles £155,000-159,999
Clare Balding £155,000-159,999
Carolyn Quinn £150,000-154,999
Jane Hill £150,000-154,999
Joanna Gosling £150,000-154,999
Mary Anne Hobbs £150,000-154,999
Steve Lamacq £150,000-154,999

Source: BBC Group Annual Report and Accounts 2019/20

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