âUgh! Who comes up with these crazy basket ingredients?â This is a statement that I commonly hear and read after watching an episode of Chopped. But the truth is, someone does have to research and choose what four ingredients will go into a Chopped basket â three different baskets per episode.
Among presentersâ salaries were six of more than Â£1million, while another 10 pocketed over Â£500,000 â just three fewer than last year.While the presenters were not named outgoing director Â­general Mark Thompson was paid Â£622,000 â down from Â£779,000, but still 15 times the pay of an average BBC employee.It is believed the top presenters may include Graham Norton and Gary Lineker, who both get about Â£2million a year.r Thompson is stepping down in September and will be succeeded by the BBCâs current director of Vision, George Entwistle. While sport on BBC1 was down from 697 to 580 hours and drama fell from 808 to 690 hours, entertainment rose from 585 to 709 hours and was also up on BBC2 and BBC3.
Based on reports of his estimated Â£1million annual salary, it means the BBC will have paid him nearly Â£74,000 from the point he was suspended until the end of March. Scroll down for video. Sacked: The BBC said it had not renewed Jeremy Clarkson's contract for his 'unprovoked' attack on Top Gear producer Oison Tymon.larkson has reportedly told friends that the BBC's management have been 'out to get' him, and sources at the BBC have suggested that its director of TV, Danny Cohen, has seized on the incident as the reason he needs to oust the controversial figure.