BBC pays out nearly £20m in bonuses

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Director-general Mark Thompson and members of the executive board waived their bonuses.

But other employees received bumper payouts to reward "exceptional performance", The Sun revealed.

The Corporation handed out £19,429,853 during the period from July 2006 to June 2007. Most bonuses were paid last August.

Nearly half the BBC's 23,000 employees received bonuses and the average amount was £1,805.

But one employee received £100,739 and others took home five-figure sums.

The revelation comes at a time when public confidence in the BBC is at a low as a result of fake phone-in scandals and the "Crowngate" affair in which the Queen was wrongly said to have stormed out of a photoshoot.

A BBC spokeswoman said: "Bonuses are a regular part of the BBC and we don't make any secret of that.

"They are extra recognition for exceptional performance, for staff who have gone above and beyond the call of duty for the BBC."