 Gary Lineker is the BBC's highest-paid on-air talent for the sixth consecutive year and the only star to earn more than £1 million in the year 2022/2023, according to the corporation's annual report. While there are four women in the top 10 list of highest earners, none of them has broken the £1 million threshold. The salaries of the corporation's top talent have been unveiled while the BBC is under pressure over allegations an unnamed presenter paid a teenager for explicit images. The BBC has suspended a male member of staff after The Sun newspaper reported that he paid a young person around £35,000 over three years, from the age of 17, for explicit images. Pundit Lineker was paid between £1,350,000 and £1,354,999 for work including Match Of The Day, coverage of the World Cup 2023 and Sports Personality Of The Year. Lineker first topped the list for 2017/18 with a pay bracket of £1,750,000 to £1,759,999, and in 2020 it was announced he had taken a voluntary pay cut. He is one of a number of BBC stars who have publicly denied they are the unnamed presenter at the centre of the scandal. Zoe Ball continues to be the broadcaster's second highest paid talent, and the highest paid woman with a salary of £980,000 – £984,999 for her Radio 2 breakfast show and a Radio 2 tribute to Terry Wogan. Lineker's Match Of The Day colleague Alan Shearer is in third place with a salary of £445,000 – £449,999, dropping from £450,000-£454,999 last year. Huw Edwards is the corporation's highest paid newsreader, with a pay bracket of £435,000 – £439,999, up from £410,000 – £414,000 last year, putting him fourth on the list. The other women on the list are Question Time's Fiona Bruce, with a pay bracket of £395,000 – £399,000, down £15,000 from last year; Desert Island Discs presenter Lauren Laverne, with a bracket of £390,000 – £394,999, up £10,000, and Sophie Raworth with £365,000-£369,999,){kind=link}
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Gary Lineker is the BBC’s highest-paid on-air talent for the sixth consecutive year and the only star to earn more than £1 million in the latest financial year.
According to the corporation’s 2022/2023 report, there are four women in the top 10 list of highest earners, but none of them has broken the £1 million threshold.
The salaries of the corporation’s top talent have been unveiled while the BBC is under pressure over allegations an unnamed presenter paid a teenager for explicit images.
The BBC has suspended a male member of staff after The Sun reported that he paid a young person around £35,000 over three years, from the age of 17, for explicit images.