00:00Gary Lineker has topped the BBC's list for its highest-paid stars for the final time,
00:05earning more than £1.3 million during his final season on Match of the Day.
00:09But who else is on the list? Let's look at the top five.
00:14Journalist Nick Robinson was paid roughly £410,000 by the BBC last year.
00:20Robinson has been a presenter on BBC Radio 4's Today programme since 2015.
00:25Before this, he spent 10 years as political editor for BBC News.
00:31He shares the top five spot with Fiona Bruce, who was also paid around £410,000.
00:37Since January 2019, Bruce has been the presenter of the BBC One television programme Question Time.
00:45Greg James netted himself around £425,000.
00:49James has been a presenter on BBC Radio 1 since 2007,
00:53hosting shows including The Drive Time Show and The Station's flagship breakfast show.
00:58Former footballer Alan Shearer was paid somewhere in the region of £44,000.
01:04Shearer has worked as a football pundit for the BBC since 2006.
01:09Zoe Ball takes the number two spot, having been paid roughly £515,000.
01:15Ball stepped down as the host of the Radio 2 breakfast show in December 2024.
01:19But Gary Lineker more than doubled what Zoe Ball took home,
01:24netting an amends £1,350,000.
01:28The sports presenter and former footballer has held the number one spot
01:32in the BBC on-air salary list since the 2015-2016 report was published.
01:37after the show on-air
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