Report 'to clear' BBC over salaries

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The report, commissioned by the BBC Trust, will also say such salaries have not inflated pay in the talent market, the BBC said.

The review comes after anger in many quarters when the corporation handed Ross a pay deal reportedly worth £18 million over three years.

Little Britain stars David Walliams and Matt Lucas were 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.

The BBC Trust, under chairman Sir Michael Lyons, ordered a review last year into whether the fees represented value for money and whether the corporation was fuelling high wage demands rather than responding to them.

Ross is not the only BBC star with a lavish pay packet.

Documents leaked in 2006 claimed Jeremy Paxman was paid £940,000 a year, Radio 2's Sir Terry Wogan received £800,000 a year and Radio 1 breakfast host Chris Moyles pocketed an annual £630,000.