Children in Need

[Ric.ror]

Is anyone else as out raged as I am that Terry Wogan is actually paid for doing this and has been since he started on it

[Shaneystar2a]

Do you really think that the others do not get the moneys worth out of this pathetic comedy?

[Ric.ror]

I am not really sure what you mean - but it seems to me when you are asking other people to'dig deep' and give up their time/money and then pontificating about how much is NOT spent on administration the least you could do is tell everyone how much you are taking from the pot.

[eyebrows]

the man doesnt even know his nationality.....he speaks like a prud brit, yet talks with a pikey limerick accent to boot!?

[galltin]

I can't say I'm outraged , a lot of people who appear may not take a fee but go on it to raise their profile and make money indirectly.

[galltin]

What's a prud Brit?

[Leight0n]

Outraged? Not alt all.

He has never asked for the money, the BBC have always given it to him.

Lets be realistic about it, no doubt he donates more money to charity than we can imagine anyway.

It's a nominal fee anyway. Just becasue it is Children In Needs does not make any difference. Next people will be saying that the camera men / the people in make up and the tea lady should not get paid becasue it is a charity event.

[coco pops]

What gets me is that the BBC said "he might not know he is paid for it because it goes through his manager". Must be nice to earn so much that the you don't notice the odd �9000 in the accounts. Basically are any of these people worth this amount of money?

[Ric.ror]

Well hes not - but that's just my opinion

[joko]

the only people that would have benefitted from him not being paid - would be the bbc.

they do not pay staff etc out of the donations!!!

the bbc pay out of their own money and i guarantee that if they hadn't given it to him, they certainly wouldn't have given it to the fund.

the bbc is not a charity that has to pay for everything from donations.

yes it would have been nice if he had donated has fee to the fund, as a gesture, but i am sure he has donated plenty over the years - he more than anyone has had to watch and absorb every single bit of horrifying and sad footage and every child raiding his piggy bank - so he'd have to be made of stone to not have given a portion of his millions.

[annavc]

Not outraged at all by it. Children in Need probably wouldn't exist without him. He was largely responsible for establishing it in the first place - he does a huge amount for the charity every year not just presenting the live show and as someone else has pointed out the money he gets does not some from the donations it comes from the BBC. It is no different to someone who works as a fundraiser for Oxfam for example being paid for what they do. Staff that work for charities get paid - why shouldn't he.

[Maggoty]

The cameramen, lighting guys etc all get paid so why not the front man. It is probably better for him to get paid and then donate whatever he wants to comic relief. if he didn't get paid CR wouldn't benefit - only the BBC.

[greebo2001]

If he now knows he's being paid, then can we assume that he'll donate his earnings to the charity?

[beejaybee]

I can`t understand why so many people are ouraged by this. A lot of celebrities get paid for "charity" appearances. It`s nothing new. There are a lot though who do it for nothing, & not take a penny.

[David Moyes]

Overated and overpaid.

Get Wogan and a lot of other so called celebs off TV and pay realisitic amounts.

Can anybody tell me what talent he has (and Jonathon Woss )that makes them worth their money ?

[Everhelpful]

anna.vc. If you think People who work in charity shops get paid as much as that Tosspot,you are living on Fantasy Island.!!!!