Please don’t look at where I sourced this news story from. Oh, you have now, haven’t you? So I guess I have to come clean. Yes, I was looking at the Heatworld blog. It’s not something I’m proud of, but during a news-quiet Thursday, when I can’t type due to munching on a cheese sandwich, I surfed for something non-taxing but mildly diverting. And those good people at Heat obliged me, for they have published the annual salaries of some of the Beeb’s top earners. Warning: reading on might make you feel angry, jealous, depressed [delete as applicable.]

Jonathan Ross is unsurprisingly packing a pretty hefty pay packet with his many BBC commitments earning him £6million. A YEAR! Bloody hell, I could cultivate a speech impediment, silly fop hairstyle and flirt constantly for half that amount. Further down the pecking order comes former Channel 4 lad Graham Norton, with his Lloyd Webber gigs and late night chat show raking in £2.5million. Grumpy news hound Jeremy Paxman nets £1million while everyone’s favourite trouser snake Sir Terry Wogan charges £800,000 for his services. Fellow radio ‘personality’ Chris Moyles brings in £630,000, while Chris Evans has to make do with £540,000. The ladies bring up the rear, with know-it-all DJ Jo Whiley settling for £250,000 while Sara Cox scrimps and saves on a budget of £200,000. Makes you feel a bit rubbish, no?

[via Heatworld]