BBC salary list 2024: Zoe Ball replaced by Scott Mills on Radio 2 breakfast show

Scott Mills has been confirmed arsenic the replacement for Ball, having antecedently filled successful for the regular big portion she took clip distant from the programme earlier this year.

Ball is the 2nd highest earner astatine the BBC and her departure follows the highest paid star, Gary Lineker, announcing helium volition permission Match of the Day astatine the extremity of the shot season.

Here is however the wage packets of the Beeb’s apical earners person grown and shrunk successful the past 12 months.

Lineker took location £1.3 cardinal to apical the July 2024 database of each those earning much than £178,000. His wage was the aforesaid arsenic the twelvemonth before, though different people’s net fluctuated.

There are immoderate large names missing though.

The broadcaster said: “Some celebrated BBC faces specified arsenic Michael McIntyre and Claudia Winkleman don't marque the database arsenic the BBC does not person to disclose the salaries of stars who are paid done accumulation companies similar BBC Studios, which is classed arsenic a commercialized entity.”

All salaries are taken from the BBC’s 2023-24 database and are taken from the lowest extremity of the BBC’s estimate.

1. Gary Lineker (Match of the Day, Premier League, FA Cup, Sports Personality of the Year): £1.3m

2. Zoe Ball (Radio 2's Zoe Ball Breakfast Show): £950,000 (down from £980,000)

3. Huw Edwards (BBC News *left successful April 2024): £475,000 (up from £435,000)

4. Greg James (BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show): £415,000 (up from £395,000)

5. Stephen Nolan (The Nolan Show connected Radio Ulster): £405,000 (up from £400,000)

6. Fiona Bruce (Question Time and presenting connected BBC1): £405,000 (up from £395,000)

7. Lauren Laverne (BBC Radio 6 Music): £395,000 (up from £390,000)

8. Alan Shearer (Match of the Day: Premier League, FA Cup): £380,000 (down from £445,000)

9. Naga Munchetty (BBC Breakfast, Radio 5 Live's Naga Munchetty Programme, Panorama) £345,000 (down from £335,000)

10. Nick Robinson (Radio 4’s Today Programme): £345,000 (up from £275,000)