To me there should be a set rate on all the national networks per hour or per show for everyone and then it's fair. There often is on local radio.

In all workplaces, salaries for the same job most often varies depending on experience. Scott Mills also does the Chart Show on Fridays and a Breakfast show on 5 Live.

zoe ball also presents strictly it takes two on bbc 2 so it’s strange that they’ve put zoe under radio and not radio + television like claudia + graham norton? unless the salary she gets for television is separate?

Singling out BBC because a female has moved up the ranks in terms of salary but conveniently forgetting multiple other privately-owned organisations (I'm not totally certain but I would believe that some do publish their salaries as well) where employees (read: mostly men) get paid extortionate amounts. Hiding behind this 'omg how is it fair' is hypocritical especially if you're not pro-communism but what else is new.

zoe ball also presents strictly it takes two on bbc 2 so it’s strange that they’ve put zoe under radio and not radio + television like claudia + graham norton? unless the salary she gets for television is separate?

I think Strictly is no longer included as it is made by BBC Studios (?) which is the commercial part.

Singling out BBC because a female has moved up the ranks in terms of salary but conveniently forgetting multiple other privately-owned organisations (I'm not totally certain but I would believe that some do publish their salaries as well) where employees (read: mostly men) get paid extortionate amounts. Hiding behind this 'omg how is it fair' is hypocritical especially if you're not pro-communism but what else is new.

 

To me there should be a set rate on all the national networks per hour or per show for everyone and then it's fair. There often is on local radio.

 

Haha yes, this is pretty much exactly how communist/socialist countries - well, centrally planned ones anyway - set salaries. Some (like Yugoslavia) added in extra, but rigid, salary to factor in for experience, but if you're mandating in a set rate, that's the opposite of letting the market decide.

 

And the problem with putting that into our economic system is that it would cause the BBC to lose all of its top talent unless the private companies also committed (lol).

 

Like yes, it could become a lame PBS with no names and it still might create good content, if it's keeping more of the BBC purse for location shots and special effects... but despite the way it often is a government mouthpiece, the principal news organisation in the country could be a lot worse. At least it has a mission of impartiality (despite often failing at it).

The Netherlands have a salary cap for public broadcasters as they are funded by the government. Hpw does it work in the UK? We would go mad if we saw numbers like that lmao

I think Strictly is no longer included as it is made by BBC Studios (?) which is the commercial part.

 

Indeed - this list excludes anyone on the BBC Studios payroll or any part of their income which comes via BBC Studios since they've become siphoned off as a commercial entity a couple of years ago. I imagine the list would look quite different once you add in Strictly, Eastenders and all the other shows produced via BBC Studios. It makes it a bit pointless to even publish the list when you think about it as it only tells half the story.

I think Strictly is no longer included as it is made by BBC Studios (?) which is the commercial part.

 

 

Yes her salary above is just for her Radio 2 show.

Haha yes, this is pretty much exactly how communist/socialist countries - well, centrally planned ones anyway - set salaries. Some (like Yugoslavia) added in extra, but rigid, salary to factor in for experience, but if you're mandating in a set rate, that's the opposite of letting the market decide.

 

And the problem with putting that into our economic system is that it would cause the BBC to lose all of its top talent unless the private companies also committed (lol).

 

Like yes, it could become a lame PBS with no names and it still might create good content, if it's keeping more of the BBC purse for location shots and special effects... but despite the way it often is a government mouthpiece, the principal news organisation in the country could be a lot worse. At least it has a mission of impartiality (despite often failing at it).

 

I assume this is why she increased so much because they are trying to start levelling out the salaries?

Zoe Ball is to take a pay cut. She's requested to be paid less when she signs a new contract in January as she "feels uncomfortable" earning so much.

 

 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/12784...m_source=pushly

Looks like the shaming campaign worked and a woman was put back in her place.