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Originally Posted by SlowOne
(One more thing to put the tin lid on my pedantry - it is for the profit of the licence payer. The sales of these programmes and licences for copy-cat ones around the world make the BBC a huge profit. Last year, Clarkson is reported to have earned £12m from Top Gear and its spin-offs. Coat is on, just closing the door...  ) |
To be just as pedantic,
Clarkson earned a fortune last year thanks to a £4.8m dividend from his share in the production company, and rest was a payment from the BBC to buy out his minority stake in the company they jointly owned. The BBC earned around £8m in dividends. In the future Clarkson will just be getting a standard presenters fee and the BBC will get all the profits.