You have to remember just how partial this picture is. The BBC buys a lot of shows from production companies, and since public money is paying for that, logic suggests the fees paid to those companies' stars should also be revealed. Just because there is an intermediary does not stop it being public money that is being spent.



But as DaveRo suggests, that does not fit with the agenda of those who want to get rid of the BBC. They do not want the story to be diluted by it turning out these private companies are also paying their stars significant fees. I have no idea what the fees are, but I would hazard that "Quite Interesting Limited" pays substantial fees to its hosts. And it would be equally revealing whether Sandi Toksvig is being paid the same as Stephen Fry was.