Scott Mills revealed as BBC’s highest earner until sacking
Four women featured in this year’s top 10, up from three last year
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Four women featured in this year’s top 10, up from three last year. The 53-year-old earned between £745,000 and £749,999 for the year ending in March 2026, according to the BBC’s Annual Report, for work on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show, which he took over from Zoe Ball in January 2025; Pop: Top 10 shows and various other engagements across public service. The top 10 was rounded off with Question Time presenter Fiona Bruce, with a salary ranging between £345,000 and £349,999, placing her ninth; and journalist Sophie Raworth in 10th with a salary of between £340,000 and £344,999.
Furthermore, The Southampton-born presenter earned between £355,000 and £359,999 in last year’s report, when he was the joint 11th highest earner alongside Naga Munchetty. For the year to March 2026, Lineker earned between £325,000 and £329,999, placing him 15th in the most recent list. Mills was sacked by the BBC shortly before it emerged that the Metropolitan Police had launched an investigation into him in 2016 over allegations of serious sexual offences involving a boy aged under 16 between 1997 and 2000.
In addition, The BBC is required to declare a list of salaries paid to people both on air and off air who receive more than £178,000 from licence fee revenue in the year. Lineker’s 2025/2026 earnings came from his work on Premier League highlights show Match Of The Day, and other football coverage.
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Four women featured in this year’s top 10, up from three last year.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe 53-year-old earned between £745,000 and £749,999 for the year ending in March 2026, according to the BBC’s Annual Report, for work on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show, which he took over from Zoe Ball in January 2025; Pop: Top 10 shows and various other engagements across public service.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe top 10 was rounded off with Question Time presenter Fiona Bruce, with a salary ranging between £345,000 and £349,999, placing her ninth; and journalist Sophie Raworth in 10th with a salary of between £340,000 and £344,999.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe Southampton-born presenter earned between £355,000 and £359,999 in last year’s report, when he was the joint 11th highest earner alongside Naga Munchetty.
reliability low1/2 sourcesFor the year to March 2026, Lineker earned between £325,000 and £329,999, placing him 15th in the most recent list.
reliability low1/2 sourcesMills was sacked by the BBC shortly before it emerged that the Metropolitan Police had launched an investigation into him in 2016 over allegations of serious sexual offences involving a boy aged under 16 between 1997 and 2000.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe BBC is required to declare a list of salaries paid to people both on air and off air who receive more than £178,000 from licence fee revenue in the year.
reliability low1/2 sourcesLineker’s 2025/2026 earnings came from his work on Premier League highlights show Match Of The Day, and other football coverage.
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He had a salary of between £1,350,000 and £1,354,999 in the last annual report.
omitted byRight sidecovered byLeft sideRight sideFour women featured in this year’s top 10, up from three last year.
omitted byRight sidecovered byLeft sideRight sideThe 53-year-old earned between £745,000 and £749,999 for the year ending in March 2026, according to the BBC’s Annual Report, for work on…
omitted byRight sidecovered byLeft sideRight sideThe top 10 was rounded off with Question Time presenter Fiona Bruce, with a salary ranging between £345,000 and £349,999, placing her…
omitted byRight sidecovered byLeft sideRight sideThe Southampton-born presenter earned between £355,000 and £359,999 in last year’s report, when he was the joint 11th highest earner…
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