By Miles Goslett The BBC Trust is paying one of the Corporation’s former executives a six-figure sum to conduct a secret inquiry into its stars’ earnings. Mark Oliver’s firm Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates will investigate whether the BBC’s top ‘talent’ – including Graham Norton, Gary Lineker, Jeremy Clarkson and Fiona Bruce – is being overpaid. More than 250 BBC employees earn at least £250,000 a year and 14 earn more than £500,000 but the BBC refuses to name them. Graham Norton (left) is believed to take home £2.6m-a-year making him the BBC's highest earner while Jeremy Clarkson (right) earns £1m each year
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More than 250 BBC employees earn at least £250,000 a year and 14 earn more than £500,000 but the BBC refuses to name them
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Graham Norton is the BBC’s highest earner on £2.6million-a-year
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Gary Lineker comes in at number two with a £2million-a-year pay packet
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Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson is paid £1million-a-year while Fiona Bruce gets £500,000 and Tess Daly £250,000
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BBC cites commercial sensitivity as rationale behind refusal to name names
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