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BBC salaries: Top-paid Welsh stars revealed

BBC John Humphrys, Huw Edwards, Alex Jones, Jason Mohammad, Jeremy Bowen, Jonathan DaviesBBC
John Humphrys, Huw Edwards, Alex Jones, Jason Mohammad, Jeremy Bowen, Jonathan Davies were all listed as the BBC's top paid Welsh stars

Television and radio presenter John Humphrys has been named as the highest paid Welsh talent at the BBC.

The Mastermind and Today programme host earns between £600,000 and £649,999.

Other Welsh stars who made the highest paid list included BBC News presenter Huw Edwards, One Show host Alex Jones and Radio Wales and sport presenter Jason Mohammad.

Rugby pundit Jonathan Davies and journalist Jeremy Bowen also earned more than £150,000 a year at the BBC.

Former Top Gear host and Radio 2 presenter Chris Evans tops the overall list, earning between £2.2m and £2.25m in 2016/2017

The highest-earning Welsh presenters:

  • John Humphrys £600,000 - £649,999
  • Huw Edwards £550,000 - £599,999
  • Alex Jones £400,000 - £449,999
  • Jason Mohammad £250,000 - £299,999
  • Jeremy Bowen £150,000 - £199,999
  • Jonathan Davies £150,000 - £199,999