Claudia Winkleman, Vanessa Feltz and Zoe Ball have featured in the BBC’s list of top 10 earning talent, the corporation has reported.
This is the first time since presenter salaries were disclosed in 2017 that women have made the top 10.
Sports presenter Gary Lineker is still the corporation’s top talent earner overall for the second year in a row, according to the BBC.
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The corporation will announce the full list of correspondents and presenters earning more than £150,000 at 11am as part of its annual report, covering the period from April 2018 to March 2019.
Former Radio 2 breakfast show host Chris Evans, who left the corporation in December, is still featured among the highest earners.
He was succeeded by Ball and her figure will only reflect what she earned for hosting the show in the first three months of the year, as well as her earnings for the Saturday show she hosted before that.
Here are the top 10 highest-paid BBC stars in 2018/19, according to the corporation’s latest annual report.
A total of 11 individuals are in the top 10, due to a tie in 10th place.
The equivalent figure for 2017/18 is included in brackets.
1. Gary Lineker: £1,750,000 – £1,754,999 (£1,750,000 – £1,759,999)
2. Chris Evans: £1,250,000 – £1,254,999 (£1,660,000 – £1,669,999
3. Graham Norton: £610,000 – £614,999 (£600,000 – £609,999)
4. Huw Edwards: £490,000 – £494,999 (£520,000 – £529,999)
5. Steve Wright: £465,000 – £469,999 (£550,000 – £559,999)
6. Alan Shearer: £440,000 – £444,999 (£410,000 – £419,999)
7. Andrew Marr: £390,000 – £394,999 (£400,000 – £409,999)
8. Zoe Ball: £370,000 – £374,999 (not in last year’s list)
= Claudia Winkleman: £370,000 – £374,999 (£370,000 – £379,999)
10. Vanessa Feltz: £355,000 – £359,999 (£330,000 – £339,999)
= Jason Mohammad: £355,000 – £359,999 (£260,000 – £269,999)
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