Ken Bruce - £385K
Scottish host for British Broadcast Corporation network, Ken Bruce is best known for his long-running "Mid Morning Show." It first aired in 1986. However, the network paused the program for two years following 1990. Besides that, the star hosts the show "PopMaster Special" as well as making appearances and participating in a range of other ventures.
BBC published his annual earnings from the network for 2021 to 2022 as £385K. His yearly income has increased when compared to previous numbers, making his salary rank in the top 15. His autobiography, "The Tracks of My Years: The Autobiography," was published in 2009 and got favorable reviews.
Zoe Ball - £980K
Having been in the radio and TV industries, Zoe Ball became the first female presenter to host both the Radio One and Radio Two breakfast shows. In its annual publication, BBC reported her pay to be £980K, the network's second highest, only behind Gary Linker, who presents "Match of the Day."
Ball was, however, not as big a name on TV when she began her career as a runner on Granada Television. But a flair for presenting on-screen runs in her family, with her father, Johnny Ball, having been a presenter on children's TV. So Zoe soon progressed well enough with numerous shows to carving a solid niche for herself.
James Corden - £4 Million
The host of the popular TV talk show "The Late Late Show," James Corden, made news after announcing that he was leaving the gig for better opportunities in 2022. Even though standard.co.uk reports that the celebrity host earns between £4 million to £7 million, it seems like Corden still wants to seek greener pastures.
His net worth at the same time was estimated at £50 million. The difference in his income and fortune owes to the other projects Corden picks up every now and then. So far, he's acted in numerous films and TV shows besides writing a best-selling autobiography that brings in generous royalties.
Jon Sopel - £225K
Jon Sopel had a long-running career with the BBC Network, working for various ventures before he switched to the radio station LBC for a new podcast and a radio show in February 2022. Nonetheless, he made £225K at BBC during each financial year.
Having started as a freelancer, Sopel began his job as a radio reporter and producer with the network, but he soon became a news correspondent. Since then, his career has only progressed, moving from one show to another to reach this position. He also bagged the 2007 Political Journalist of the Year and the 2013 National Presenter of the Year honors.
Laura Kuenssberg - £260K
Even though Laura Kuenssberg left the position of political editor with British Broadcast Corporation (BBC) in May 2022, she earned quite a fortune while working at the post. According to the network's official website, her annual salary between 2021 and 2022 amounted to about £260K
However, according to news sources such as The Guardian, Kuenssberg joined the new Sunday show on BBC as a presenter in September 2022. According to some reports, the channel gave her an offer she could not refuse. After all, most of Kuenssberg's more prestigious awards and accolades, such as 'Broadcaster of the Year,' came during her time with the network.
Emily Maitlis - £325K
Another British Broadcast Corporation star who left her show for Global (the parent company of LBC) to host along with her ex-BBC fellow Jon Sopel is Emily Maitlis. While she might have left the company for higher pay, her annual draw from the network is about £325K for the financial year 2022.
Born in Hamilton, Maitlis initially wanted to become a director for dramas. However, she ended up working in radio broadcasting and documentaries. Maitlis spent a few years in Asia before she joined BBC. She was also the question-master on the game show "The National Lottery: Come And Have A Go" before becoming a news presenter.
Sarah Montague - £245K
Unlike many others on this list, Sarah Montague is a business enthusiast instead of a media and entertainment person. That was just exactly what led her to onscreen journalism. She was initially a stockbroker and subsequently a Eurobond dealer after graduating from the University of Bristol.
Her interest in the finance market led her into journalism with Reuters and Sky News. However, her interests switched to entertainment and current affairs, leading her to BBC. In 2018 she joined the lunchtime show titled "World at One" as a presenter, where her efforts for equal pay to her male counterparts were commendable. Her annual income as of 2022 was £245K.
Jeremy Vine - £290K
Jeremy Vine is a popular name in Britain for hosting the "Daily Show" on Radio 2 for the BBC Network. According to 2022 reports, his annual salary, which includes a few shows with the network, was £290K. The program primarily revolves around news, current affairs, and interviews with famous guests.
As of 2015, he was also seen on the reality TV show "Strictly Come Dancing," where he partnered with the acclaimed Venezuelan-American dancer Karen Clifton. While he has been on numerous other TV ventures as well, he is also well known for chairing the quiz show titled "Eggheads." Vine has been working on it since 2014.
Lauren Laverne - £395K
Lauren Laverne is a musician who has been associated with TV since she became a presenter on "The Alphabet Show." However, before that, she was a vocalist in her band "Kenickie," which had released two studio albums. After they disbanded in 1998, Laverne released an EP titled "Take These Flowers."
As of the 21st century, she has worked on TV on and off. However, her work with BBC gave her much success as she became a presenter with them. She reportedly earned £395K per year for their radio show "Desert Island Discs." In 2020 she was also credited for launching an internet radio station for people with dementia.
Stephen Nolan - £415K
Having worked in a wide array of radio and TV shows, Stephen Nolan's earnings from BBC network ranked sixth among all other employees in 2022. For a year's worth of hard work, he took home £415K, a generous figure.
While Nolan started working at a young age in a video store, his first job after getting an undergrad degree was at Belfast CityBeat. He proved his talent and worth early in his career by winning the Sony Radio Academy Award. Since then, he's continuously thrived in his career. Nolan's ongoing gigs include being a presenter on the radio with "The Nolan Show" and on TV with "Nolan Live."
Gary Lineker - £1.35 Million
The highest salary draw in 2022 from the media giant BBC was by Gary Lineker. He earned a massive £1.35 million participating in multiple shows while he hosted "Match of the Day." The show is broadcasted weekly and focuses on football highlights and analysis. It earned a Guinness World Record for the longest-running series about football.
Lineker rightfully occupied the position as the show's presenter in 1999, having been one of the greatest strikers on the English team. With 48 goals in 80 international appearances and 238 goals for his club in 461 appearances, he was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2003.
Graham Norton - £4 Million
While his annual draw from BBC is a mere £750K, Graham Norton's yearly salary for TV hosting is much more than that. The star is known for a self-titled talk show where he interviews the most famous global celebrities from the entertainment world.
Apart from his income from the TV network, his production company, So Television, paid him an additional £3.23 million, taking the total up to almost £4 million in 2019. Norton also quit the radio show on BBC to join Virgin Radio, where his salary does not require to be published. He reportedly did so to avoid the limelight on that salary ranking list.
Mark Chapman - £250K
Mark Chapman was born and raised in Manchester and developed a love for radio presenting at a young age. He wanted to work for Radio 1 since then. After graduating in French and business studies, it wasn't long before he landed a career with the most prominent media organization in the UK.
At BBC, he did radio shows presenting sports programs for cricket, soccer, and subsequently rugby. His long-held association with football led him to even write a book in 2010 which was titled "Heroes, Hairbands and Hissy Fits: Chappers' History of Modern Football." His annual pay from the TV channel as of 2022 was £250K.
Dan Walker - £220K
Widely known as a sports news presenter on the British Broadcast Corporation Network, Dan Walker used to host the show "Breakfast" until he left it in April 2022. Since then, he has been working on "5 News" with Channel 5. With a degree in journalism to back his career, he drew a salary of £220K in his last year with BBC.
After Walker won a competition for young sports commentators, he was soon hired for Hallam FM in Sheffield. And that started his career in media. On the other hand, his work in TV also started as a sports presenter with Granada TV, leading to a series of contracts.
Andrew Marr - £265K
While Andrew Marr works with LBC, where he does his show titled "Tonight with Andrew Marr," he previously used to work on BBC for "The Andrew Marr Show," which aired from 2013 until December 2021. He has had a long legacy with the network, having started his career with them back in 2000.
The political presenter, Marr, has over this time stressed the need for impartiality in politics. He said in an interview that the news channels these days are publically funded and therefore speak the voice of the public rather than being neutral. His last draw from British Broadcast Corporation for those last six months was £265K.
George Alagiah - £325K
As a news presenter on BBC, doing the two shows "News at Six" and "News at Ten," George Alagiah earns about £325K. He's been on the TV channel since 1989 and has earned numerous awards and honors in his career as a journalist, news presenter, author, and newsreader.
He had been awarded a BAFTA in 2000 for his coverage of the Kosovo conflict, a Best International Report award in 1993, and an Amnesty International UK Media award in 1994. He's also an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and serves on the board of the Royal Shakespeare Company, among a range of other honors.
Nicky Campbell - £295K
Journalist and TV personality Nicky Campbell has achieved a lot in the TV and radio industries. He had won seven Sony Awards, most of which honored his presentation and hosting. He started his career in radio in 1981, while his first TV appearance was in 1991. Campbell continues working in both mediums as of 2022.
However, the most popular of his shows were the ones he did for BBC. In 2021 he started doing the mid-morning show titled "Nicky Campbell Show" on Radio 5 Live. The network published his annual earnings from the radio station on their official website, £295K.
Nick Robinson - £270K
Nick Robinson has a diverse experience in media, but his interest in politics from a young age led him to pursue that as well. As a hard-working man, he achieved a lot quite early on in his career. While he had initially begun working at Piccadilly Radio, he soon landed his first job at BBC.
His new employers found Robinson valuable and promoted him multiple times during his first few years; he had joined as a mere trainee. According to sources, Robinson was paid £270K for 2022. He also hosted the final 2019 general elections debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn.
Jason Mohammad - £285K
Best known for his football analysis, Jason Muhammad was a member of the 1386 AM before he got a show in journalism. His breakthrough came when he was appointed as a reporter on BBC Wales "Today" in 1997, while his most popular stint was hosting the show "Final Score," where he replaced Gabby Logan in 2013.
At one point, Muhammad was the secondary presenter for snooker on their sports channel. On the other hand, he did "Daily BBC Wales," "Masters Snooker," and "Match Of The Day Wales" on TV, and "Good Morning Sunday" on the radio, for which he reportedly earned a remuneration of £285K in 2021.
Emma Barnett - £215K
Emma Barnett's postgraduate career started back in 2007 when she became the first digital media editor for The Daily Telegraph. She started a digital section called "Wonder Women" during her time with the paper. Since then, she's taken on numerous roles and jobs.
However, the most popular of her many roles was being a presenter on radio and TV. While she worked with LBC before, she switched to BBC Network in 2014. In 2022, she continued hosting "Woman's Hour" on Radio 4 and "Newsnight" on BBC Two. As published on the network's website, she makes a sum of £215K for her services.
Sara Cox - £275K
Hosting the "Drivetime" show on BBC Radio Two wasn't Sara Cox's first association with the radio network, as she's been a part of it since 1999. Even though there were numerous rumors about her joining a rival channel, she never did and has been on Radio One first and Radio Two subsequently for over two decades.
Her first presenting jobs included doing " The Girlie Show" on Channel 4, "Exclusive" on Channel 5 and subsequently a late-night music show on the UK feed of MTV titled "MTV Hot." However, BBC was probably the biggest of them, with the network paying her about £275K annually.
Sophie Raworth - £305K
Sophie Raworth is a familiar face for those who follow news in the UK. She is a newsreader for BBC's "News at Six" and "News at Ten," in addition to their Sunday morning politics show. She gets paid a decent sum of £305K annually for all these.
Married with three children, Raworth lives in London, has a passion for running, and is known to participate in marathons. In 2021, she completed the London Marathon for the fourth time. The star host has also made cameos in the 2013 Bruce Willis film "A Good Day to Die Hard" and the 2016 feature "Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie."
Naga Munchetty - £365K
British Broadcast Corporation published their star presenter Naga Munchetty's salary at £365K in 2022. She is known for hosting their shows "Breakfast" and "Panorama," while she's been on a few other shows in her history with the media network. The celebrity host lives with her husband and three cats in Hertfordshire.
Among her first few jobs, Munchetty worked as a journalist for the newspaper The Observer's business section. Subsequently, she got her breakthrough on TV with Reuters, after which she was also employed by CNBC Europe. August 2010 marked the month she started working for BBC and soon became a regular.
Susanna Reid - £1.1 Million
Susanna Reid is a popular TV reporter, presenter, and journalist, who currently hosts the show "Good Morning Britain" on ITV. Her pay on the channel was the talk of the town in January 2022 when she renegotiated it to a staggering £1.1 Million to stay on the show. The Daily Mail's website article read that she had become British TV's most well-paid woman.
Reid's very first introduction to the entertainment industry was at a young age when she began acting in theater plays. Subsequently, her postgraduation in journalism made it concrete that she wished to pursue a career in media, which she did.
Holly Willoughby - £730K
ITV morning show host Holly Willoughby has been on the network for over two decades, working for their children's channel initially. Since 2009 she has been hosting the breakfast show "This Morning" and was claimed to be the highest earning female on British TV with annual pay of £730K until January 2022.
But that might only be the tip of the iceberg for Willoughby as she always has a few things on the side. She has penned at least ten books, while she's also appeared in a few movies. Besides that, she is a brand ambassador for brands like Marks & Spencer and Garnier.
Huw Edwards - £410K
Even though British Broadcast Corporation published the salary of Huw Edwards as £410K for the financial year ended 2022, pressgazette.co.uk reported otherwise. The online media claimed that the news presenter earned around £425K. It also said that he participated in four other events in the first quarter of 2022, making him an extra £37.5K.
The Welsh journalist had been a regular at BBC since he joined as a trainee in 1984. Soon after, he was reporting in from the parliament. By 1993 he was made a host and presenter on the "Six O'Clock News." The program was allegedly the most-watched news show in the UK.
Vanessa Feltz - £400K
While Vanessa Feltz started working as early as the '80s as a columnist and an author, her TV career didn't start until much later. However, when that began, she was already getting good deals on big shows, including Channel 4s' "The Big Breakfast" and a self-titled chat show on ITV.
In 1998 she moved the show to BBC, and since then, she has been there for good, making appearances as a contestant on a few other reality TV shows on different channels. In 2022 her annual pay from BBC for mainly three shows, including the "Early Breakfast Show" on Radio 2 amounted to £400K.
Kay Burley - £500K
Kay Burley is known for hosting a self-titled show in the breakfast slot on Sky News. The show went under a minor name change in 2021. Checksalary.co.uk reported her pay to be about £500K on the TV channel. Besides her regular, she has also participated in a few other reality TV programs, including "The Weakest Link" in 2021.
Even though she's had the occasional controversies here and there, Burley remains at the top of her game. And that is thanks to her loyal fan following. She has also authored two novels, "First Ladies" and "Betrayal," which generated royalties for her.
Alan Shearer - £450K
Alan Shearer is the third highest earning show host around the British Broadcasting Corporation. Like the topper of the salaries list, Gary Lineker Shearer is also an ex-footballer presenting his views and analysis on football matches in the "Match of Day" and gets paid £450K annually.
In his days on the field, he played for Newcastle United and the English national team before he retired. Amidst various awards and accolades, he received the UEFA Golden Boot in 1996. That was the same year he was in the Premier League Team of the Tournament and the Bronze winner of FIFA's World Player of the Year.
Nick Grimshaw - £240K
In 2022 Nick Grimshaw continued working for Channel 4 as a co-presenter on the show "The Great Home Transformation," produced by the furniture and fixtures brand Ikea. While his current take home isn't published anywhere, he last earned a hefty sum of £240K for the financial year 2020-2021 for his "Drivetime Show" on BBC Radio 1.
Grimshaw had been associated with the British Broadcasting Corporation's Radio 1 for over a decade. However, he had been getting contracts from TV channels on and off during that duration. He was a presenter for a week on ITV's "Big Brother's Big Mouth" and a judge on "The X Factor" series 12.
Scott Mills - £400K
Scott Mills is a music enthusiast who has been a radio and TV presenter as well as an occasional actor in his career. He was best known for his program "The Scott Mills Show" on Radio 1 where he reportedly drew a salary of £400K per year. In July 2022, he left his slot for another on Radio 2 replacing Steve Wright.
A recipient of numerous accolades, Mills won a Stonewall Award for Broadcast of the Year and a Sony Radio Academy Award for Music Radio Personality of the Year in 2011. An out and proud gay man, he announced his engagement to his boyfriend, Sam Vaughan, in 2021.
Piers Morgan - £16.6 Million
Piers Morgan had landed back with News UK, which was where he had once started his career as a journalist. He made news when he joined the network for hosting the show "Piers Morgan Uncensored" with a 3-year deal worth £50 million. The first episode aired in 2022 and had Donald Trump as a guest.
And that isn't all that he does, so he probably earns a lot more than that. In the past, Morgan has hosted shows such as "Britain's Got Talent," "Good Morning Britain," and "Question Time." Besides that, he has authored over ten books in his lifetime and still continues enjoying the royalties from them all.
Phillip Schofield - £600K
Phillip Schofield has long been employed with ITV and co-presents multiple shows for them. This includes his regular since 2002 "This Morning" and "Dancing on Ice," both with his co-host Holly Willoughby. His pay would have otherwise been unknown. However, it was all over the news after Willoughby demanded an equal paycheck in 2021, which was £600k.
Besides the two shows, Schofield hosts a range of other shows from time to time. He was the presenter for "The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebration," covered by ITV. Schofield also receives royalties from the six publications he has authored, four of them being children's books.
Fiona Bruce - £410K
TV enthusiasts might know Fiona Bruce as the woman who hosts the "Question Time" debate show on BBC One. She first joined the network as a researcher for the current affairs documentary program "Panorama" and eased into one program after another. Some of her popular hosting jobs include the programs "Crime watch" and "Fake or Fortune."
As of 2022, her earnings from the TV network alone are reported at £410K. Her time with the British Broadcast Corporation has been notable since she was the first female presenter of "News at Ten." Bruce is married to Nigel Sharrocks, the director of an advertising agency, and has two children.
James O’Brien - £440K
Born in Doncaster, England, and a London School of Economics graduate, James O'Brien is best known for his time on the BBC show "Newsnight." He received so much praise from the viewers that he was even considered a permanent replacement for the host at that time Jeremy Paxman.
Even though that didn't work out, he got himself a few shows on LBC. As of 2022, he did the "James O'Brien - The Whole Show" podcasts and "Full Disclosure with James O'Brien." The latter hosted British Prime Minister Tony Blair in its first episode in 2019. His remuneration, according to coolsport.se, was £440K per year.
Greg James - £390K
Greg James was long destined to become a radio and TV presenter. With his first show on hospital radio, he became a regular in his university days when he hosted a series on Livewire at 1350AM. He soon got promoted to the station manager, but that was one job he didn't like, and he moved on to mainstream hosting.
Since 2007, James has been with BBC's Radio One and has been there since. His last draw from the channel was £390K, mainly for his breakfast show and "Rewinder." He also does the cricket podcast "Tailenders" alongside English Cricket team's test-match fast bowler James Anderson.
Adam Woodyatt - £249K
Known for playing Ian Beale on the popular BBC show "EastEnders," Adam Woodyatt was later spotted on ITV in their game show "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!" The London News website reported his earnings from British Broadcast Corporation for the soap opera to be £249K.
The famous actor mainly works for TV with a past in theater, though that's not all, Woodyatt has a flair for operating the camera as well. An avid photographer, he was the proud recipient of the 'Architectural Photographer of the Year Award' in 2008, which The Societies of Photographers presented to Woodyatt.
Claudia Winkleman - £155K
During the '00s, she became famous for presenting the show "Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two" and its sequel series on the British Broadcast Corporation, a gig she had for six years. And nowadays, Claudia Winkleman likes to keep busy presenting a self-titled weekly show on Radio 2 in 2022 with a paycheck amounting to £155K.
The versatile presenter has been credited for numerous radio and TV shows. She was a two-time nominee for the Best Entertainment Performance award from the British Academy of Television. But that wasn't all she's been famous for; Winkelmann also wrote regular columns for several newspapers in the '00s.
Jo Whiley - £265K
With an extensive experience and association with music, Jo Whiley has been entertaining her fans on radio as well as on TV since a young age. Primarily working for BBC, she's also worked for their radio channels switching between the two broadcasting mediums for the past few decades.
In 2022, Whiley kept busy doing the evening show for Radio 2. But fans will never forget her presenting some of the best American bands on her show "The Word" that she did for Channel 4. Her last reported salary from the British Broadcast Corporation was £265K according to the data published on their website.
Evan Davis - £270K
A journalist and an economist, Evan Davis earned £270K annually from the BBC. His legacy and stardom in the field of broadcasting earned him honorary degrees from five universities, including the University of London. A keen motorcyclist, he lives with his partner Guillaume Baltz in London.
As of 2022, he did two shows on Radio 4, which were "PM" and "The Bottom Line." Before he started doing the former, he would read the news on the show "Newsnight"; however, he moved on after his last episode with them in October 2018. Davis is also an author and has written three books to date.
Justin Webb - £255K
Justin Webb has had a long history with the British Broadcasting Corporation. He had first joined them in 1984 as a graduate trainee in Belfast before he got promoted to the position of reporter for their show "Today." Ironically, after switching a few shows in the two decades that followed, he returned as a presenter on "Today" in 2009.
His earnings from the show in 2022 were £255K. He is also credited with writing five books between 2008 and 2022, the last of which was "The Gift of a Radio: My Childhood and other Train Wrecks." Married to Sarah Gordon, Webb has three children.
Mishal Husain - £275K
Born to Pakistani parents in Northampton, Mishal Husain's mother also worked for national TV. Carrying the legacy, she got some experience in journalism in her university days before landing a coveted job with Bloomberg TV in 1996. A mere two years later, she had secured a spot on News 24 as a junior producer.
Husain is one of the judges for the Amnesty International Media Awards, and she also did the morning presentations for the 2012 and 2014 Olympics in London and Glasgow, respectively, among a range of other notable credits. As of 2022, she earned £275K from BBC for her services.
Martha Kearney - £255K
Martha Kearney is employed at BBC, with her salary draw for 2022 being £255K. She did the "Today" show and presented a few documentaries to earn that. Some of her notable projects on the television network have included "The Secret World of Lewis Carroll," "The Books That Made Britain," and "The Great Butterfly Adventure."
The leap in her career over the past two decades was no mean feat, considering that she first joined LBC as a phone operator before becoming a reporter and then a political correspondent. Her career on-air seems destined since she inclined it since her college days when she read classics in her college.
Tina Daheley - £225K
Tina Daheley is a host for a few shows on the British Broadcast Corporation. Even though her pay from the media group wasn't listed for 2022, in the year before, she was reported to be earning £225K for a multitude of programs, including "Breakfast Show" on Radio 2, BBC One's "News," and her cover on a few programs including "Breakfast."
The star even started big when she first began her career in 2007. At that time, she presented TV coverage for women's football and co-hosted a political talk show called "Free Speech." She was listed on BBC's list of highest-paid presenters from 2018 to 2021.
Steve Wright - £450K
One of the star presenters on the British Broadcast Corporation network is Steve Wright. He is a disc jockey and a presenter with a regular self-titled afternoon show as well as a slot on Sunday dedicated to love songs. His yearly remuneration for the projects amounts to £450K.
Born in Greenwich, Wright had radio hosting in him ever since he was in high school. He'd host a show from the school cupboard. He began his career with BBC when he joined them as a returns clerk, while his actual radio hosting career started in 1976 at the iconic Thames Valley Radio.