Save Bbc Money.

[Theland]

I think the BBC could save a fortune by sacking all of those presenters, like Tess Daly, Claudia Wimkleman, and Alex Jones, along with all the news presenters, and auditioning for replacements with a top salary considerably less than the current rates.
There are lots of talented people out there who would jump at the chance to earn a hundred grand, at a great saving to the license fee payers.
Think of the obscenity of Gary Lineker on £1.3m a year, and Chris Evans on £3m a year.
What are your views?

[douglas9401]

Ooh! Controversial.

[Mamyalynne]

Whilst I don't like all presenters or necessarily think their salaries are justified I feel what I pay and what I receive is a bargain.

There are new people coming onto TV all the time - Monkman & Seagull to give a recent example.

[Theland]

Oh come on! Chris Evans! Lineker?

[douglas9401]

I don't want to start a rammy but, Monkman and Seagull are a prime example of why it's sometimes better to pay the going rate for on-screen talent.

[Theland]

Good auditions with the promise of a great salary would bring in great replacements.

[Spicerack]

Shut it down.

[tonyav]

Monkman & Seagull to give a recent example.

Had to Google them.

[Theland]

Spice rack - Do you work for the Beeb?

[fiction-factory]

Well Chris Evans won't cost radio 2 £3m a year soon as he has taken a better offer from Virgin Radio

[Theland]

Chris Evans going to private money. Not public money.

[fiction-factory]

Yes. So?

[ichkeria]

Where do you think Virgin get their money from? Outer space?

[fiction-factory]

maybe the BBC should jus have those not good enough to get a better offer from elsewhere

[Theland]

Not from tv licenses where there is no choice to pay or not.

[fiction-factory]

It would be interesting to see the figures but my guess is that salaries of presenters accounts for a fairly small part of the BBC's costs, and cutting them all in half would not save much - maybe 5-£10 off the licence fee.
But there is a real debate to be had about whether the licence fee system should remain in its present 'compulsory' (but easy to evade) form

[hc4361]

So the Beeb recruits and trains up these talented unknowns so the private sector can cherry pick them with the offer of more money when they've gained a following, leaving the Beeb with those that nobody else wants and losing the audience that follows the presenter - and many people do just that.

[douglas9401]

^ So ^ :-) You know what's coming.

[andy-hughes]

Theland - When the subject of presenter's salaries are raised, it's really easy to assume that they are in a job that 'anyone can do'.

The fact is, their jobs possess particular skills which a very very select few people have, and that is why they are paid the amount they are - to keep them at the BBC an and away from its rivals.

They make it look effortless, but of course, like any genuine skill, that's the point. If you make it look like anyone can do it, you are doing your job right, because you are concealing just how difficult it really is, and how you do justify the money you receive for doing it.

[grumpy01]

I like Bargain Hunt but it mystifies me when these so called experts spend 150 pounds on some so called antique and it sells for 20 at auction.Surely just have the 3 items the contestants buy.Also talking of presenters making it look easy Anita Manning ( good expert and auctioneer) but more wooden than wooden as a presenter and the same can be said of Eric Knowles.Therefore please could they give the job to Christina Trevanion who is knowledgeable and thoroughly at home in front of the camera.

[pastafreak]

Do you really think the license fee would go down?
So we'd pay less for less experienced presenters...all probably about 22 years old.
No thanks.