Scott Mills was the BBC’s highest-paid star before he was fired, according to an annual report

1. Scott Mills (£745,000-£749,999)

2. Greg James (£440,000-£444,999)

3. Stephen Nolan (£425,000-£429,999)

4. Laura Queensberg (£405,000-£409,999)

=4 Vernon Kay (£405,000-£409,999)

6. Alan Shearer (£390,000-£394,999)

7. Justin Webb (£375,000-£379,999)

8. Munchetty Dragon (£360,000-£364,999)

9. Fiona Bruce (£345,000-£349,999)

10. Sophie Raworth (£340,000-£344,999)

The above list only includes on-air talent, and not BBC executives

Mills was sacked by the BBC just days before the end of the financial year, with the £745,000 listed in his annual report representing his full annual salary.

This includes his time on the Radio 2 Breakfast Show and other BBC work, as well as numerous editions of Scott and Rylan Pop: The Top 10 podcast.

Sarah Cox recently took over. The Radio 2 breakfast host has revealed that the BBC has yet to announce her permanent replacement at the station’s Tea Time.

In March, it appeared Mills was charged with serious sexual offenses In the year It involves a teenager under the age of 16 in the late 1990s.

In the year A police investigation began in 2016 after Mills decided there was insufficient evidence to press charges before it was closed in 2019, which Mills said he “fully co-operated”.

Mills’ salary in his final year was a huge increase on the £355,000 he earned last financial year, when he hosted the Radio 2 afternoon show for 10 months and the breakfast show for two.

At the breakfast before him Zoey Ball In the year In 2019, she was paid more than £1.36m in her first year presenting the Radio 2 breakfast show.

However, Ball’s pay fell during her six years at Breakfast and in her last full-year job she earned more than £950,000.

That means the BBC saved around £200,000 by replacing Ball with Mills. Ball no longer appears on the list and recently left Radio 2 for Greatest Hits Radio.