According to the Mirror, this here credit crunch – if I hear it referred to as ‘the current economic climate’ one more time, I’ll kill – has affected the BBC worse than they were letting on. We’ve written here before about them needing to axe celebrities or slash their salaries and it seems now, if you believe the red top, they’ve been told to their faces.
A meeting was called and, expecting champagne and canapes, the stars instead learned of downscaled payslips with multiple zeroes dropping off the end of them.
Apparently stars included:
- Clarkson
- Forsyth
- Frostrup
- Henry (Lenny) – does he work for the BBC?
And others in line for the cut will include Moyles, Ross and Norton – all mentioned here before.
These are hard times, my friends. Hard times.
*eats leftovers from bin*
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I reckon they’ll all get by. They might have to go down a level in own-brand supermarket food, but I believe if they’re careful, they’ll be alright.
Think of the Moyles, Napoleon – going from £660,000 p/a to a measly £500,000.
The poor fat bastard.
You have to feel for him. With the new 50% tax, he’ll be left with a mere £250,000 p.a. And that’s before you deduct his National Insurance contributions.
*starts Moyles Aid*
Considering he spends at least £5 on cakes every day plus the £6.99 spending on a deluxe M&S ready meal – not to mention the £4.50 on a full English he forks out for every morning – the man’s going to go to ruin.
And I’ve not even accounted for the daily five pints of Fosters.
The fat bastard.
I like the fact that the BBC seems to think that using market forces to determine wage levels is frightfully vulgar. Would Chris Moyles be able to get £500,000 from Independent Radio?
Hold on! I think he’ll be alright. I’ve just remembered he also earns loads and loads of extra money for doing other stuff. Indeed, so does Ross, Wogan, Clarkson, Forsyth, Norton and Henry (Lenny). Phew!
Not so sure about Frostrup …
She’s on Sky these says, I thought.
As for Moyles, the PR from Comic Relief should see the fat bastard right.
All the celebs listed have sean a decline in their exposure of late though, so that would be reflected in their salary.
Good morning…..
Actually come to think of it you need to pay Bruce Forsyth that kind of salary or else he may be headhunted by an investment bank.
As for Lenny Henry, well I think Hollywood’s been trying to tempt him for years hasn’t it?
Nick – not true. Top Gear gets more and more popular, Wogan leaving Eurovision was big news and Moyles did well out of Comic Relief and is on the radio every morning. Strictly Comes Dancing remains a massive show.
Henry and Frostrupp – maybe.
morning.
mariella’s got heaps other work doing sexed up voiceovers and dispensing straightforward advice in the sunday observer.
mostly.
i saw biffo on the buses getting to work today. *
*from the safety of a seat on the upper deck
Ronaldo to Real Madrid for 80m by the way
Biffo the Bear? Cripes – how’s he doing?
Wogan NOT presenting Eurovision, see?
Out of choice, Nick.
Nick – Clarkson’s not getting the exposure? He’s in the news every other week after saying badgers should all be shot or what-have-you. You’re talking SHIT, Nick.
Wogan exposed his cock and balls on Points of View as well, remember.
I remember that. The nausea lasted all the way through Songs of Praise and Last of the Summer Wine.
Where’s Mel, by the way?
I hope Roszs, Piqued and Breeks didn’t kill her.
Wogans leap may have been out of choice but it did take him out of the spotlight and therefore out of the big money.
Top Gear?
“Last year the motoring show returned to BBC2 in late January with 7.9 million viewers and a 28% share for its first show after its co-presenter Richard Hammond’s near-fatal accident, featuring footage of the crash”
then
“Top Gear began a new six-part series on BBC2 with 6.2 million viewers and a 24% share in the 8pm hour, according to unofficial overnights”
Then
“BBC2’s Vietnam Top Gear special, the final in an eight-part series, attracted an AVERAGE audience of 6.1 million, a 23% share of the one-hour slot from 8pm.”
Perhaps you should ask the ’60s Psychedelic Trousers Of Fate?*
*NOT a plug
mel’s in berlin. or some other european city.
she’s very cosmopolitan. also she’s running scared.
Nick – Understandable. The first series you mentioned there was the worst one they’ve ever made, thus explaining the drop in figures for the next series (a return to form). The Vietnam special’s figures mean fuck all, as the programme was aired at Christmas, when all viewing bets are off.
SO FUCK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!
Listened to podcast 5 this morning, and still disturbed by Nana Moon as an object of desire. Also, not to be pedantic, but presenter of Fifteen to One was William G Stewart (who was also the creator of the concept as we were reminded every time the credits rolled). I used to love that programme, always convinced myself I’d win easy as long as there were no questions on maths or ancient civilisations.
crispybits, i have to ask. which bits of you are crispy?
and why?
Crispybits – I think you’ll find that Fifteen To One’s presenter was Hollywood movie star, Edward G. Robinson. Nick tried telling me something different in an e-mail this morning, so I’ve blocked his IP address.
Eighty million quid?
I can’t stop dancing, me.
80 Million for someone having a kick-about, 500 Grand for people having a sit down and a chat.
Totally worth it.
Breeks – that’s a very personal question. Akin, in fact, to your criticism of short people. If I wasn’t a bigger man I’d get all uppity.
Nothing crispy about me really, aside from my surname unfortunately. Though I’ll pretend I have crispy earlobes from a Bonfire Night that went awry if it makes me more interesting?
As for Hollywood movie stars presenting quiz shows, that’s not a bad idea for a Friday question Napoleon. I’d like to see Mel Gibson presenting The Wall. And Matt Damon’s Weakest Link.
Orbette – crazy ain’t it?
Well, you can have my dancing for FREE!
I can’t stop dancing neither. I always dance when one corporation acquires an asset from another corporation. The last time I felt this good, Sony had just bought Tristar from Coke.
*dances*
It’s the Corporate Ownership Jive.
*boogies*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDKpMs_GvuQ
i never criticised short people. my mum’s short. and i was just interested.
you gotta be careful of bonfires.
I’ll take your free dancing and throw in some gratis robot moves.
My wife saw Rupert Penry-Jones at Charing Cross on her way to work yesterday; she’s still quivering.
Today she saw John Cleese; not so much.
I agree Crispy, that Nanna Moon comment made me shudder more than the peeing on someones face comment from the one before.
Deny the facts all you like Naps, I know the truth.
Edward G Robinson would have been pretty good in FTO though.
Groucho Marx was presenting some game show right up to his death so anything is possible.
Brucie should go back to The Generation Game despite the fact that that cockney shit tainted it.
I know you didn’t Bree – I just miss Penry and his irrational ranting and conclusion jumping…
I haven’t stopped dancing yet, since we met on our first date…..
Napoleon interrupted my flow – I meant Nana Moon when she was in Citizen Smith, doting on Wolfy.
Yeah, sure you did SH. Have just googled and can’t find evidence of this, so the only conclusion I can come to is that you are a granny lover. (Though taking the rationale of Sree from Big Brother that would mean that you f*ck your own granny – I don’t mean that)
Can’t we just slash celebrities and axe their salaries? Mebbeh…
NOO POST ALERT
Yeah – what Bree said.
(sorry Bree)