The BBC has, for the first time, published salaries of its highest paid stars – with all those earning £150,000 or more included.

The salaries are grouped into categories of £50,000 and are for the financial year 2016-17, where they came directly from the licence fee.

Radio 2

The music station has the highest BBC earner among its presenters in Chris Evans and Steve Wright, who is also in the top 14 highest-paid stars.

CHRIS EVANS (Pay bracket: £2,200,000 – £2,249,999)

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Chris Evans, who is the top earner on the list, has hosted Radio 2’s Breakfast Show every weekday morning since 2010. He also co-presented one series of TV show Top Gear.

STEVE WRIGHT (Pay bracket: £500,000 – £549,999)

Steve Wright presents Radio 2 weekday show Steve Wright in the Afternoon and Steve Wright’s Sunday Love Songs on Sunday mornings.

Radio

Pay bracket: £350,000 – £399,999

• Vanessa Feltz
• Nicholas Grimshaw
• Simon Mayo

£300,000 – £349,999

• Lauren Laverne

£250,000 – £299,999

• Ken Bruce
• Scott Mills
• Trevor Nelson

£200,000 – £249,999

• Mark Radcliffe

£150,000 – £199,999

• Adrian Chiles
• Greg James
• Shaun Keaveny
• Moira Stuart
• Jo Whiley

Sport

GARY LINEKER (Pay bracket: £1,750,000 – £1,799,999)

Former England striker Gary Lineker presents the BBC’s flagship football highlights programme Match of the Day on a Saturday night while he is also one of the hosts for the annual Sports Personality of the Year awards night.

Pay bracket: £400,000 – £449,999

• Alan Shearer

£300,000 – £349,999

• Sue Barker

£250,000 -£299,999

• Jason Mohammad

£200,000 – £249,999

• John Inverdale
• Gabby Logan

£150,000 – £199,999

• Jonathan Agnew
• Clare Balding
• Jonathan Davies
• John McEnroe

EastEnders

Pay bracket: £200,000 – £249,999

• Danny Dyer
• Adam Woodyatt

£150,000 – £199,999

• Laurie Brett
• Letitia Dean
• Tameka Empson
• Linda Henry
• Scott Maslen
• Diane Parish
• Gillian Taylforth
• Lacey Turner

Presenters

ALEX JONES (Pay bracket: £400,000 – £499,999)

Alex Jones co-hosts BBC One’s The One Show with Matt Baker, having joined the programme in 2010. She also co-presents Shop Well for Less? and last year hosted a one-off documentary called Alex Jones – Fertility and Me.

NICKY CAMPBELL (Pay bracket: £400,000 – £449,999)

Nicky Campbell co-hosts Radio 5 live’s Breakfast Show on weekday mornings and also presents BBC One’s Sunday morning programme The Big Questions.

EDDIE MAIR (Pay bracket: £300,000 – £349,999)

Pay bracket: £850,000 – £899,999

• Graham Norton

£700,000 – £749,999

• Jeremy Vine

£600,000 – £649,000

• John Humphrys

£550,000 – £599,999

• Huw Edwards

£450,000 – £499,999

• Matt Baker
• Claudia Winkleman

£400,000 – £449,000

• Andrew Marr
• Stephen Nolan

£350,000 – £399,999

• Fiona Bruce

£250,000 – £299,999

• Zoe Ball
• Brian Cox
• Evan Davis

£200,000 – £249,999

• Mark Chapman
• Jools Holland
• Dan Walker

£150,000 – £199,999

• Naga Munchetty

Drama

DEREK THOMPSON (Pay bracket: £350,000 – £399,999)

Derek Thompson is the highest-paid actor on the list. He has played Charlie Fairhead in hospital drama Casualty since the series started in 1986.

AMANDA MEALING (Pay bracket: £250,000 – £299,999)

Amanda Mealing plays Connie Beauchamp in Casualty, having previously played the character in the BBC’s other hospital drama Holby City.

Pay bracket: £200,000 – £249,999

• Peter Capaldi
• Emilia Fox
• David Jason
• Rosie Marcel

£150,000 – £199,999

• Guy Henry
• Hugh Quarshie
• Jemma Redgrave
• Tim Roth
• Catherine Shipton

News and Current Affairs

Pay bracket: £250,000 – £299,999

• George Alagiah
• Nicholas Robinson

£200,000 – £249,999

• Victoria Derbyshire
• Mishal Husain
• Martha Kearney
• Laura Kuenssberg
• Andrew Neil
• Jonathan Sopel

£150,000 – £199,999

• Kamal Ahmed
• Jeremy Bowen
• Ben Brown
• Mark Easton
• Gavin Esler
• James Naughtie
• John Pienaar
• Sophie Raworth
• John Simpson
• Kirsty Wark
• Justin Webb

TV Non scripted (Factual and Entertainment)

Pay bracket: £350,000 – £399,999

• Tess Daly

£300,000 – £349,999

• Nick Knowles

£200,000 – £249,999

• Gary Barlow
• Len Goodman
• Danii Minogue
• Bruno Tonioli
• Alan Yentob

£150,000 – £199,999

• Darcey Bussell
• Mel Giedroyc
• Craig Horwood
• Paul Martin
• Simon Schama

Specialist Contractors and Writers

Pay bracket: £150,000 – £199,999

• Daryl Bramley – Programme Manager
• Colin Brown – Identity Architect
• Roy Clarke – Writer
• Patrick Foody – Analytics Architect
• Claire Hetherington – IT Programme Manager
• James Hewines – Technical Project Manager
• Daran Little – Writer
• Ruth Moreland – Project Manager
• Andy Pryor – Casting Manager
• Terence Reeves – Service Architect
• Noel Scotford – Programme Manager
• Richard Smith – Integration Lead

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