BBC to Reveal Stars Earnings

[anonymous-user]

hyphen said:

They don't need to keep taking back average talent such as Zoe Ball who have been out of work a long time and so have little negotiating power, and offer them market value straight away, same happened with others.

Not sure if you've ever worked for a firm where when you join you find that quite a few of the employees are old school friends or uni friends, they get each other a job at the firm, the BBC is no different, a group of champagne socialists employing their cronies.

[anonymous-user]

LuS1fer said:

langtounlad said:

How on earth can anyone believe that Jeremy Vine is worth that amount.
I have to turn over when he appears and most people that I know seem to hold a similar opinion.

I have always been totally perplexed by his popularity, given he is so irritating and flat and discusses issues that not even the Sun would care much about.

Chris Evans is tolerable but only at a fraction of that cost.

I understand why Norton and Lineker get paid good money.

Vine's response when exposed as taking £750,000 a year for being given a stage from which to push his left wing claptrap?

"I'm just sorry, I think the BBC's really hurting today".

Any pain is self inflicted, Jezza.

[A205GTI]

No issue with what they earn lets be honest we watch/listen to them because they are good, just look at the talent on your locally made shows and you realize how hard it can be to come across as likable.

Now I don't listen to radio 1 or 2, or watch the one show, I do listen to five live sometimes and it doesn't surprise me how much Nicky Campbell earns, and happy for Simon Mayo (Used to be good on Fivelive and is still excellent on the movie show with Kermode)

However 9 pages and no one has mention Vanessa Feltz's Wage I mean really does anyone listen to her or like her!!?

On the whole I am happy to pay for the Beeb for Cbeebies, CBBC and Radio 4 extra alone.

[Randy Winkman]

hyphen said:

Randy Winkman said:

TEKNOPUG said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

zygalski said:

Can't say I'm shocked about the thinly-veiled politics of envy being played out by so many devout right wing PH capitalists.
Hypocrisy...? Surely not!

+1

People love capitalism until someone they deem less worthy than them earns more than they do.

It's not capitalism though, thanks to the unique way the BBC is funded....

But dont the same principles of having to pay competitive salaries to get good staff still apply?

No.

A commercial TV has the pressure of having to keep audience figures rising, as otherwise advertisers will pay less. The BBC has no such pressure- they can afford to bring in young staff, and train them up and give them time to develop.

They don't need to keep taking back average talent such as Zoe Ball who have been out of work a long time and so have little negotiating power, and offer them market value straight away, same happened with others.

What the BBC don't accept, is that the BBC itself is what makes the star the star. Those who leave tend to decline- see Jonathan Ross for example.

So they can just provide a second rate service because the money is guaranteed?

[hyphen]

Randy Winkman said:

hyphen said:

Randy Winkman said:

TEKNOPUG said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

zygalski said:

Can't say I'm shocked about the thinly-veiled politics of envy being played out by so many devout right wing PH capitalists.
Hypocrisy...? Surely not!

+1

People love capitalism until someone they deem less worthy than them earns more than they do.

It's not capitalism though, thanks to the unique way the BBC is funded....

But dont the same principles of having to pay competitive salaries to get good staff still apply?

No.

A commercial TV has the pressure of having to keep audience figures rising, as otherwise advertisers will pay less. The BBC has no such pressure- they can afford to bring in young staff, and train them up and give them time to develop.

They don't need to keep taking back average talent such as Zoe Ball who have been out of work a long time and so have little negotiating power, and offer them market value straight away, same happened with others.

What the BBC don't accept, is that the BBC itself is what makes the star the star. Those who leave tend to decline- see Jonathan Ross for example.

So they can just provide a second rate service because the money is guaranteed?

Why would it be second rate?

Was Des Lynam missed when he jumped ship?
Has Jonathan Ross been missed?
Was an impossible to fill hole left by Zoe Ball leaving prior?
Adrian Charles?
Christine Bleakley?
Chris Evans when he was at his peak on Radio 1

As they say in football, no player is bigger than the club. If Lineker or Evans refused to sign a contract worth a lot less, they should have been told to walk. There are not actually that many places for TV and radio presenters to go that will offer the perks and prestige of working for the BBC.

[anonymous-user]

LuS1fer said:

Chris Evans is tolerable but only at a fraction of that cost.

I understand why Norton and Lineker get paid good money.

In the words of Nigel Tufnall "Is this some sort of joke?"

[Wacky Racer]

It seems a lot of money (and it is), but remember nearly half of it they will never see as it goes in income tax.

Suddenly, it does not seem so attractive.

Also, compared to a typical top grade Premiership footballer on £200,000 plus per week, suddenly £6,000 pw doesn't look so fantastic.

Good luck to 'em, if anyone doesn't like it apply for their job.

[anonymous-user]

Wacky Racer said:

It seems a lot of money (and it is), but remember nearly half of it they will never see as it goes in income tax.

Suddenly, it does not seem so attractive.

Also, compared to a typical top grade Premiership footballer on £200,000 plus per week, suddenly £6,000 pw doesn't look so fantastic.

Good luck to 'em, if anyone doesn't like it apply for their job.

Your final sentence is quite salient, intentionally or not.

The proliferation of university courses in every aspect of the media and the shortages in qualified wealth creators, health workers and others seems to indicate that many are taking your advice.

And why not? Money for old rope, it appears.

[Dazed and Confused]

Raygun said:

LuS1fer said:

Chris Evans is tolerable but only at a fraction of that cost.

I understand why Norton and Lineker get paid good money.

In the words of Nigel Tufnall "Is this some sort of joke?"

To be fair to Lineker he has been doing MOTD for 22 years. You can't say the same for Evans who pissed everyone off at the BBC when doing his breakfast show, jumped ship to Virgin, still working for Channel 4 with TFI, highly paid Top Gear disaster zone, lost listeners when he took over from Johnnie Walker, only popular cuz of Grimmy, recent sex case, not funny, huge golf fan, classic Ferrari destroying, etc ...

ETA - not even a success on The One Show, his Jimmy Savile-esque marriage to Billie Piper...

Edited by Dazed and Confused on Thursday 20th July 06:40

[R1gtr]

How much is Charlie from Casualty on??
No wonder he ain't for giving that job up!

[towser44]

R1gtr said:

How much is Charlie from Casualty on??
No wonder he ain't for giving that job up!

i thought NHS staff were always complaining about wages? £400,000 a year is fantastic, oh wait, you mean Casualty ain't real?

[Mojooo]

300k max for any of them - a good wage in London

The fundamental point is that these jobs are all very desirable and the majority of them are not really reliant on any 'talent' per se - I best the vast majority of BBC shows would get a similar number of views regardless.

Much as I like Huw Edwards - 550k for doing the news? Fark. You could probably find 2000 decent people willing to do it for 150k let alone 300k.

[limpsfield]

Eddie Strohacker said:

Dazed and Confused said:

I couldn't care less how much he gets paid,

Really? Because you've been banging on about it all day. I'd hate to see what happens when someone whose wallet winds you up comes along.

His posts are 10% of this thread!

[48k]

Mojooo said:

Much as I like Huw Edwards - 550k for doing the news? Fark.

No. 550k for:
- being the main presenter of the Ten O'Clock News on BBC One, considered the corporation's flagship news broadcast and the most watched news programme in Britain.
- presenting the BBC News at Five O'Clock on the 24-hour BBC News channel
- presenting programmes such as the Festival of Remembrance, Trooping the Colour, the State Opening of Parliament, General Election special and the referendum special
- contributing to Breakfast News, One O'Clock News, Newsnight and Panorama
- presenting documentaries on classical music, religion and Welsh history, including presenting in Welsh since he is a native Welsh speaker,

He is a senior bi-lingual news journalist at the BBC and a trusted anchor for many of the flagship programmes and special events coverage. He's not just some vacuous braindead chap reading an autocue a couple of times a day.

Mojooo said:

You could probably find 2000 decent people willing to do it for 150k let alone 300k.

You won't find 2000 people the BBC would trust to do all of the above.

[mybrainhurts]

captainzep said:

I am positively erect in anticipation of discovering how much BBC people get paid.

Then I can lob ropey knots of opinion jizz around a forum about an industry I know nothing about, enhanced by the butt-pug of my own lazy prejudice.

I am pistonheads.

No, you are sanctimonious guff....

I am Spartacus...

[Dazed and Confused]

limpsfield said:

Eddie Strohacker said:

Dazed and Confused said:

I couldn't care less how much he gets paid,

Really? Because you've been banging on about it all day. I'd hate to see what happens when someone whose wallet winds you up comes along.

His posts are 10% of this thread!

I seriously don't understand Evans's popularity.

[Lance Catamaran]

Dazed and Confused said:

Raygun said:

LuS1fer said:

Chris Evans is tolerable but only at a fraction of that cost.

I understand why Norton and Lineker get paid good money.

In the words of Nigel Tufnall "Is this some sort of joke?"

To be fair to Lineker he has been doing MOTD for 22 years. You can't say the same for Evans who pissed everyone off at the BBC when doing his breakfast show, jumped ship to Virgin, still working for Channel 4 with TFI, highly paid Top Gear disaster zone, lost listeners when he took over from Johnnie Walker, only popular cuz of Grimmy, recent sex case, not funny, huge golf fan, classic Ferrari destroying, etc ...

Also, whilst Lineker may be paid £1.8 million a year gross, after he's paid his tax he's only taking home £1.8 million a year.

[anonymous-user]

Dazed and Confused said:

Raygun said:

LuS1fer said:

Chris Evans is tolerable but only at a fraction of that cost.

I understand why Norton and Lineker get paid good money.

In the words of Nigel Tufnall "Is this some sort of joke?"

To be fair to Lineker he has been doing MOTD for 22 years. You can't say the same for Evans who pissed everyone off at the BBC when doing his breakfast show, jumped ship to Virgin, still working for Channel 4 with TFI, highly paid Top Gear disaster zone, lost listeners when he took over from Johnnie Walker, only popular cuz of Grimmy, recent sex case, not funny, huge golf fan, classic Ferrari destroying, etc ...

Without doubt Evans is the biggest waste of licence fee money.

[nikaiyo2]

How is Alan Yentob on £200-£250k per year, as a presenter? WTF does he actually present?

[anonymous-user]

Lance Catamaran said:

Also, whilst Lineker may be paid £1.8 million a year gross, after he's paid his tax he's only taking home £1.8 million a year.

I bet he's not paid peanuts for the crisp adverts too Lucky sod