Cutbacks at the BBC - Who should go?

[Gromit]

Big job cuts at the BBC. Which of the estemed gathering of 'stars' should be first to go. Thier annual salaries are in brackets.


Terry Wogan (�800,000)
Jonathan Ross (�6,000,000)
Chris Evans (�540,000
Chris Moyles (�630,000
Graham Norton (�2,500,000)
Jeremy Paxman (�1,000,000)
Jo Whiley (�250,000
Sara Cox (�200,000)
Steve Wright (Not disclosed)
David Walliams (�1,000,000)
Matt Lucas (�1,000,000)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/70504 40.stm

[river]

None of them, the BBC should learn to budget and keep up with their quality entertainment.

[ludwig]

Well, seeing as Jonathon Ross is paid more than all the others put together, the answer's obvious isn't it... Chris Moyles should go.

[China Doll]

Moyles
Norton
Whiley
Cox

Walliams and Lucas can live on borrowed time as long as they never ever do 'bitty' again.

[cheries]

I find almost all of the above listed overpaid and underwhelming as entertainment - esp. Sara Cox and Jonathan Ross.
Apart from Big Terry Wogan who is clearly in need of his hard earned cash for a new pair of trousers.

[Reverandfunk]

Dave lee Travis
Stewpot
Diddy dave
kenny everett
Annie Nightingale

[cheries]

I thought Kenny Everett was dead? Or can't anyone tell the difference?

[jake-the-peg]

river,

The BBC doesn't work like that.

They buget based on the expected settlement for the license fee - that was less than expected so they have to make cuts.

A business can see it's money coming in and knows in advance if it's likely to have a good or poor year. That's harder when your income is decided for you in one go.

There is an argument that says that BBC1 and Radio 1 and 2 are not really public service any more.

Perhaps they should be cut loose and BBC2, 3 and 4 and the other Radio programs maintained

[Supernick]

They've never found a suitable vehicle for Norton, so he can go first.

[Reverandfunk]

Kenny has been dead for ten years but they still play his old shows on radio 2.

Thats like digging my nan up at xmas and trying to get her to pull a craker...

[cheries]

I can think of a suitable vehicle for Graham Norton...a cattle truck heading towards Guatemala.

[SKA]

Chris Moyles should go, he's not even funny!!
And I dont like Matt Lucus either!!

[cheries]

*snorts with laughter at Rev*

[Reverandfunk]

Her xmas pudd has tasted like soil for the last 6 years....

[cheries]

lmao

[Reverandfunk]

Dont get me started on her custard....

[cheries]

You're gross. And headed straight for Hell.
For various reasons. ;o)

[beryllium]

These are the group we pay a license fee to??? bad accounting eh? tut.

So... rounding up those wages to approx 15,000,000 and dividing by how many license payers it takes to pay the above wages.....

That is...

130,000 license payers to bring in 15,000,000...... to pay them alone.

I took the fee at �116...

How many people pay the license fees approx?

Where are they spending it???

Why, as fee payers don't we get a vote on them (directors and all)

Will they end up with adverts???

btw... no idea who I'd get rid of....

B. :D