BBC Salary Controversy
The main controversy for me is that not only does Vanessa Feltz get paid but she gets £350k a year... (matches Fiona Bruce, Grimshaw and Simon Mayo)
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There are more men in the list of highest-paid BBC employees than women. That doesn't mean men get paid more than women in the BBC.8
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How the hell is Chris Evans worth at least 2.2 million a year. Graham Norton 900k. Ridiculous waste of money.8
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Not how it is being spun/will be spun by many.Chizz said:There are more men in the list of highest-paid BBC employees than women. That doesn't mean men get paid more than women in the BBC.
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Graham Norton is ten times the pesenter Chris Evans is imho.Chippycafc said:How the hell is Chris Evans worth at least 2.2 million a year. Graham Norton 900k. Ridiculous waste of money.
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Regardless of what you personally think of both they pull in very high listening/viewing figures. Surely that's the point?Chippycafc said:How the hell is Chris Evans worth at least 2.2 million a year. Graham Norton 900k. Ridiculous waste of money.
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Sums up the British viewing/listening public then. Norton isn't even funny.colthe3rd said:
Regardless of what you personally think of both they pull in very high listening/viewing figures. Surely that's the point?Chippycafc said:How the hell is Chris Evans worth at least 2.2 million a year. Graham Norton 900k. Ridiculous waste of money.
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In your opinion.Chippycafc said:
Sums up the British viewing/listening public then. Norton isn't even funny.colthe3rd said:
Regardless of what you personally think of both they pull in very high listening/viewing figures. Surely that's the point?Chippycafc said:How the hell is Chris Evans worth at least 2.2 million a year. Graham Norton 900k. Ridiculous waste of money.
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They say on the news tonite that Norton's earnings for his chat show are not included in that figure. (I understand that where fees are paid by a production company they are not included.) So, the ex-friends top gear bloke doesn't feature because he is paid by BBC Worldwide.
I guess too, that people like Charlie Stayt, the breakfast presenter don't feature because he is a freelance and I guess his management company gets the "fee" for his services.0 -
The BBC pay Graham Nortons production company to make his chat show. He gets a large wedge from the production company that he owns to present 'their' show. Those figures are not included in his salary.North Lower Neil said:
Graham Norton is ten times the pesenter Chris Evans is imho.Chippycafc said:How the hell is Chris Evans worth at least 2.2 million a year. Graham Norton 900k. Ridiculous waste of money.
But I think he is the best chat show host there is.6 -
Jeremy Vine on £700,000 to £750,000 a year? Wtf
Would that be for Eggheads, his BBC2 radio show or his unbelievably bias election presenting?
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Crikey Norton earns more...ridiculouscafcfan said:They say on the news tonite that Norton's earnings for his chat show are not included in that figure. (I understand that where fees are paid by a production company they are not included.) So, the ex-friends top gear bloke doesn't feature because he is paid by BBC Worldwide.
I guess too, that people like Charlie Stayt, the breakfast presenter don't feature because he is a freelance and I guess his management company gets the "fee" for his services.0 -
This is not for you. It's for licence payers. :-)i_b_b_o_r_g said:Jeremy Vine on £700,000 to £750,000 a year? Wtf
Would that be for Eggheads, his BBC2 radio show or his unbelievably bias election presenting?3 -
Thought you might be on here ibborgi_b_b_o_r_g said:Jeremy Vine on £700,000 to £750,000 a year? Wtf
Would that be for Eggheads, his BBC2 radio show or his unbelievably bias election presenting?0 -
Probably knows when to use bias or biased though.i_b_b_o_r_g said:Jeremy Vine on £700,000 to £750,000 a year? Wtf
Would that be for Eggheads, his BBC2 radio show or his unbelievably bias election presenting?3 -
So he fuckin should, working for the Beebcolthe3rd said:
Probably knows when to use bias or biased though.i_b_b_o_r_g said:Jeremy Vine on £700,000 to £750,000 a year? Wtf
Would that be for Eggheads, his BBC2 radio show or his unbelievably bias election presenting?1 -
Is that Chris Evans who has the most listened to show on the most listened to radio station in Europe ?Chippycafc said:How the hell is Chris Evans worth at least 2.2 million a year. Graham Norton 900k. Ridiculous waste of money.
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So what skoda sell more cars than Ferraris does that make them better.MrOneLung said:
Is that Chris Evans who has the most listened to show on the most listened to radio station in Europe ?Chippycafc said:How the hell is Chris Evans worth at least 2.2 million a year. Graham Norton 900k. Ridiculous waste of money.
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Lineker doing well for a couple of hours presenting per week. No wonder he is so unbearably smug2
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MOTD is generally watched anyway because folk wanna watch the football, why would they pay that jug eared crisp salesman that amount of dough to do it.AllHailTheHen said:Lineker doing well for a couple of hours presenting per week. No wonder he is so unbearably smug
It ain't like he draws the viewers in is itm in fact i don't think I know anyone who likes him or thinks he does a good job4 -
I saw this revealed earlier. Don't really see what all the fuss is about to be honest. Is it really a big deal?
Also, it's given Piers Morgan another platform to prove what a wanker he is once again on twitter!1 - Sponsored links:
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And he's on the living wage isn't he.Chrissy\\\'s Army!! said:I saw this revealed earlier. Don't really see what all the fuss is about to be honest. Is it really a big deal?
Also, it's given Piers Morgan another platform to prove what a wanker he is once again on twitter!3 -
some of them are on obscene money
I don't mind Lineker but £1.5 is a lot. It being public money does make you think after all this shit over Grenfell, the terrorist attacks and the 1% public sector pay gap, that it's in poor taste, but it's TV and the entertainment business and its got its own warped rules I guess6 -
That is based on economics.Chippycafc said:
So what skoda sell more cars than Ferraris does that make them better.MrOneLung said:
Is that Chris Evans who has the most listened to show on the most listened to radio station in Europe ?Chippycafc said:How the hell is Chris Evans worth at least 2.2 million a year. Graham Norton 900k. Ridiculous waste of money.
In a world of free radio, his is the most popular show in Europe.
Not saying I personally like him, but can see why he gets paid so much based on those facts.1 -
Just like footballers the market rate is the market rate - yes it's much higher than ordinary jobs but was anyone expecting anything different? Also this isn't just a BBC thing - I'm sure the commercial channels pay much more13
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I agree it's an obscene amount of money to pay anybody. But the BBC is competing with the bottomless pockets of Rupert Murdoch and the much higher paying ITV. Was it Murdoch who made it so that the Beeb had to release how much they're paying their talent? Can't see it happening at Sky, can you?
At least Lineker does some presenting, Alan Shearer gets over £400k for saying the same thing every week for 9 months of the year.
Mind you, some of these people on this list are on less than Tex was.4 -
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Lineker is a decent presenter, but there are many who could do his job just as well. People watch match of the day for the football. A chat show host such as Graham Norton makes or breaks the show.2
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Same non-story they print every year. Maybe the BBC should spend more money on sourcing new talent rather than relying on people who were household names 20 years ago.3
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Charlie Fairhead lost his whole family in a house fire to be fair. I don't begrudge him a pennyChizz said:8 -
I agree. On first sight it seems ridiculous but comparing it to commercial channels it may not seem as bad.rananegra said:I agree it's an obscene amount of money to pay anybody. But the BBC is competing with the bottomless pockets of Rupert Murdoch and the much higher paying ITV. Was it Murdoch who made it so that the Beeb had to release how much they're paying their talent? Can't see it happening at Sky, can you?
At least Lineker does some presenting, Alan Shearer gets over £400k for saying the same thing every week for 9 months of the year.
Mind you, some of these people on this list are on less than Tex was.
So Evans is on £45,000 per week, same as lower scale Prem footballer. Now I am no Chris Evans fan, but I know who brings more value to entertainment and society.
I am more concerned by the gender pay difference but until you see responsibilities etc. It's difficult to compare. Again though Ita unfortunately probably led by what each presenter can get in the private sector.1
