Gary Lineker & Zoe Ball top BBC's best-paid list - but scandal-hit Huw Edwards still in top 3 despite being OFF-AIR (1)
GARY Lineker and Zoe Ball remain the BBC's highest-earning stars - with scandal-hit Huw Edwards making the top three despite being off-air.SPOTYThis means Edwards received the salary despite being off-air from July 2023. He officially parted ways with the Beeb in April.Radio 1 breakfast host Greg James is the fourth-highest earner with £415,000 - £419,999, up from £395,000 - £399,999.
BBC 6 Music and Desert Island Discs host Lauren Laverne overtook Lineker's Match of the Day colleague Alan Shearer to become the fifth-highest paid star, earning £395,000 - £399,999.Ex-footballer Shearer, meanwhile, was paid £380,000 - £384,999, a significant pay cut from the £445,000 - £449,999 he earned the previous year.
It means the sums taken by the likes of Graham Norton, Michael McIntyre and Bradley Walsh remain undisclosed. Actors and other staff behind the corporation's most notable shows, such as Doctor Who and Eastenders, are also absent from the list.
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