

Mary Berry and outgoing Doctor Who Peter Capaldi are not listed at all for the same reason. The BBC list is topped by Chris Evans who earned up to £2.25million last year followed by Lineker on £1.8million - but Claudia Winkleman and Alex Jones are the only women in the top ten, who are paid around £9million between them. He claimed that he and Minchin are paid the same for BBC Breakfast but that his earnings include another job on Football Focus. Walker later took to Twitter to defend his pay, responding to a tweet by Sky News' senior political correspondent Beth Rigby. Walker made the remark following a report previewing the release of the information, while elsewhere Gary Lineker said he had his 'tin hat on' as stars prepared for a backlash from the public.

BBC Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin (right) looked far from impressed this morning as co-host Dan Walker made a quip about pay hours before it was revealed he made the corporation's rich list while his female colleagues were nowhere to be seen Before going on air Piers took to his Twitter account to poke fun at BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker (left), posting: 'Hi mate, would you come on to discuss your salary today?' Female presenters are in revolt with Radio 4's Jane Garvey and Charlotte Smith using the hashtags #notonthelist and #GenderPayGap in a series of sarcastic tweets about their own pay Female presenters are already in revolt with Radio 4's Jane Garvey and Charlotte Smith using the hashtags #notonthelist and #GenderPayGap in a series of sarcastic tweets about their own pay.
