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Full list of BBC talent salaries revealed: Chris Evans, Gary Lineker and Claudia Winkleman scoop best-paid roles

The highest-paid stars and presenters of BBC TV and radio have had their wages exposed to the public

The BBC is facing a huge public backlash after it revealed its highest-paid stars are raking in millions each year - and the gender pay gap is still too wide for comfort.

Detailed analysis of the figures unveiled shows over two-thirds of the top earners are men, with the highest-paid man - Chris Evans - trousering 1.5million MORE than the highest-paid woman, Claudia Winkleman.

This year, for the first time, the national broadcaster will reportedly 'break protocol' to allow the top talent to publicly defend their wages - something both Chris Evans and Gary Lineker have already done.

A source told Mirror Online: "The BBC will be defending the amounts we pay in a highly competitive market, but if someone's getting criticism about their pay, why shouldn't they be able to defend themselves as well?"

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A BBC spokesman added yesterday: "Our on-air presenters and journalists regularly engage on social media and there's nothing different today."

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Here is the full list of the BBC's top earners and what each of them get paid.

BBC salaries: Highest-paid stars

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Chris Evans is the highest-paid star on the BBC's rota(Image: PA)

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Gary Lineker is the second-best paid(Image: PA)

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John Humphrys comes in at number 5(Image: BBC)

Top man - 1. Chris Evans: 2.2m-2.49m

2. Gary Lineker: 1.75m - 1.79m

3. Graham Norton: 850,000 - 899,999

4. Jeremy Vine: 700,000 - 749,999

5. John Humphrys: 600,000 - 649,999

6. Huw Edwards: 550,000 - 599,999

7. Steve Wright: 500,000 - 549,999

8. Top woman - Claudia Winkleman: 450,000 - 499,999

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Fiona scrapes in at number 10(Image: BBC)

= 8. Matt Baker: 450,000 - 499,999

= 9. Nicky Campbell: 400,000 - 449,999

= 9. Andrew Marr: 400,000 - 449,999

= 9. Stephen Nolan: 400,000 - 449,999

= 9. Alan Shearer: 400,000 - 449,999

=9. Alex Jones: 400,000 - 449,000

10. Fiona Bruce: 350,000 - 399,999

BBC salaries: BBC news and current affairs presenters

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Eddie Mair(Image: PA)

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Victoria Derbyshire(Image: PA)

Top man - Eddie Mair - 300,000 - 349,999

Nick Robinson: 250,000 - 299,999

George Alagiah: 250,000 - 299,999

Jonathan Sopel: 200,000 - 249,999

Andrew Neil: 200,000 - 249,999

Top women - Laura Kuenssberg: 200,000 - 249,999

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Laura Kuenssberg(Image: PA)

= Martha Kearney: 200,000 - 249,999

= Mishal Husain: 200,000 - 249,999

= Victoria Derbyshire: 200,000 - 249,999

Justin Webb: 150,000 - 199,999

Kirsty Wark: 150,000 - 199,999

John Simpson: 150,000 - 199,999

Sophie Raworth: 150,000 - 199,999

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Sophie Raworth(Image: BBC)

John Pienaar: 150,000 - 199,999

Gavin Esler: 150,000 - 199,999

Mark Easton: 150,000 - 199,999

Ben Brown: 150,000 - 199,999

Jeremy Bowen: 150,000 - 199,999

Kamal Ahmed: 150,000 - 199,999

BBC salaries: Highest-paid drama/comedy stars

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Top man - Derek Thompson: 350,000 - 399,999

Top woman - Amanda Mealing: 250,000 - 299,999

Peter Capaldi: 200,000 - 249,999

Danny Dyer: 200,000 - 249,999

Adam Woodyatt: 200,000 - 249,999

Emilia Fox: 200,000 - 249,999

David Jason: 200,000 - 249,999

Rosie Marcel: 200,000 - 249,999

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Laurie Brett: 150,000 - 199,999

Letitia Dean: 150,000 - 199,999

Tameka Empson: 150,000 - 199,999

Guy Henry: 150,000 - 199,999

Linda Henry: 150,000 - 199,999

Scott Maslen: 150,000 - 199,999

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Lacey Turner comes in near the bottom of the top earning soap stars(Image: Getty)

Diane Parish: 150,000 - 199,999

Hugh Quarshie: 150,000 - 199,999

Jemma Redgrave: 150,000 - 199,999

Tim Roth: 150,000 - 199,999

Catherine Shipton: 150,000 - 199,999

Gillian Taylforth: 150,000 - 199,999

Lacey Turner: 150,000 - 199,999

BBC salaries: Highest-paid non-scripted stars (factual and entertainment programmes)

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Claudia Winkleman (left) is paid just under 500,000 for her roles on Strictly Come Dancing and Radio 2(Image: BBC)

Top woman: Alex Jones: 400,000 - 449,999

Tess Daly: 350,000 - 399,999

Top men: Gary Barlow and Len Goodman: 200,000 - 249,999

Dannii Minogue: 200,000 - 249,999

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Bruno Tonioli: 200,000 - 249,999

Alan Yentob: 200,000 - 249,999

Darcey Bussell: 150,000 - 199,999

Mel Giedroyc: 150,000 - 199,999

Craig Horwood: 150,000 - 199,999

Paul Martin: 150,000 - 199,999

Simon Schama: 150,000 - 199,999

BBC salaries: Highest-paid radio presenters

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But Steve Wright out-earned her with a generous wage of 549,999(Image: PA)

Top man - Steve Wright: 500,000 - 549,999

Nicky Campbell: 400,000 - 449,999

Simon Mayo: 350,000 - 399,999

Nick Grimshaw: 350,000 - 399,999

Top woman - Vanessa Feltz: 350,000 - 399,999

Lauren Laverne: 300,000 - 349,999

Trevor Nelson: 250,000 - 299,999

Scott Mills: 250,000 - 299,999

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Ken Bruce: 250,000 - 299,999

Mark Radcliffe: 200,000 - 249,999

Jo Whiley: 150,000 - 199,999

Moira Stuart: 150,000 - 199,999

Shaun Keaveny: 150,000 - 199,999

Greg James: 150,000 - 199,999

Adrian Chiles: 150,000 - 199,999

BBC salaries: Highest-paid sport presenters

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Top man - Gary Lineker: 1.75m - 1.79m

Alan Shearer: 400,000 - 449,999

Top woman - Sue Barker: 300,000 - 349,000

Jason Mohammad: 250,000 - 299,999

Gabby Logan: 200,000 - 249,999

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John Inverdale(Image: PA)

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Clare Balding(Image: PA)

John Inverdale: 200,000 - 249,999

John McEnroe: 150,000 - 199,999

Jonathan Davies: 150,000 - 199,999

Clare Balding: 150,000 - 199,999

Jonathan Agnew: 150,000 - 199,999

BBC salaries: Highest-paid soap stars

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EastEnders star Danny Dyer is joint top-paid soap star(Image: BBC)

Top men - Adam Woodyatt and Danny Dyer: 200,000 - 249,999

Top woman - Lacey Turner: 150,000 - 199,999

Biggest discrepancies in BBC pay

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Dan Walker and Louise Minchin, who both present BBC Breakfast, appear to have a huge gulf between their wages(Image: BBC)

Louise Minchin - who has been presenting BBC Breakfast as a regular anchor since 2006 - doesn't even appear in the list of 96 exployees, meaning her pay is below the 150,000 threshold.

But her Breakfast co-star Dan Walker, who joined the flagship programme in January 2016, earns up to 249,999 a year.

He has since tweeted to defend his huge pay packet, insisting that each of the main Breakfast presenters get the same salary but his extra money comes from his other job on Football Focus.

Louise has worked at the BBC for 14 years, covering huge stories including the 7/7 London bombings, the BP oil spill and the hanging of Saddam Hussein. She also guest presents The One Show, BBC News At One and has worked on other programmes including Children in Need.

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Figures show Alex Jones earns a decent wage(Image: PA)

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...but her co-star Matt Baker still out-earns her(Image: PA)

Over on The One Show, Alex Jones earned between 400,000 and 449,999 in the last year.

Sounds like a very healthy pay packet - until you consider her male co-star Matt Baker pocketed between 450,000 and 499,999 in the same position.

Notable faces missing from the top-paid list

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Emily Maitlis of Newsnight doesn't earn over 150,000(Image: BBC)

Newsnight journalist Emily Maitlis is just one of the women missing from the list of 96, indicating she earns less than 150,000 a year.

Louise Minchin also didn't make the cut, along with Radio 4 Today's presenter Sarah Montague - although she works fewer shifts than her co-presenter Justin Webb.

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