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BBC probe to see if Wossy's worth £18m

The BBC is to review whether the high wages it pays some of its stars represent value for money.

It follows an outcry when presenter Jonathan Ross was reportedly given an £18million pay deal over three years.

Little Britain stars David Walliams and Matt Lucas are said to be picking up £6 million, and Graham Norton £5 million, over a similar period.

The BBC has always argued that it must pay market prices in order to retain stars who may be tempted to join rival channels.

But the BBC Trust, under new chairman Sir Michael Lyons, will investigate whether the Corporation is fuelling high wage demands rather than responding to them.

The review will not look at the pay deals of individual stars.

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