BBC report shows Scott Mills highest paid presenter

The BBC's latest annual report, published on July 14, 2026, reveals that former Radio 2 breakfast show host Scott Mills was the corporation's highest-paid presenter in the last financial year, earning between 745,000 and 749,999 pounds. Mills was dismissed by the BBC in March 2026, shortly before reports emerged that he had been the subject of a police investigation into historical sexual offence allegations.

The salary, which covered his work on the Radio 2 Breakfast Show and other engagements, represents a significant increase from the 355,000 to 359,999 pounds he earned the previous year. Mills took over the breakfast show from Zoe Ball in January 2025. The report states that Mills fully cooperated with a Metropolitan Police investigation launched in 2016 regarding allegations concerning a boy under 16 between 1997 and 2000. The investigation was closed in 2019 after prosecutors found insufficient evidence to bring charges.

The departure of several high-profile names has reshaped the list of top earners. Former long-term highest earner Gary Lineker, who left the BBC in May 2025, still earned between 325,000 and 329,999 pounds in the 2025-2026 period for residual work, a...