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| Forsyth says stars are 'overpaid' | |
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| Strictly Come Dancing presenter Bruce Forsyth has revealed he has accepted a pay cut, and says he thinks all entertainers "get paid far too much". | Strictly Come Dancing presenter Bruce Forsyth has revealed he has accepted a pay cut, and says he thinks all entertainers "get paid far too much". |
| In an interview with Newsnight, he said: "It's a good thing to cap the salaries and I think it should have probably been done a long time ago." | In an interview with Newsnight, he said: "It's a good thing to cap the salaries and I think it should have probably been done a long time ago." |
| The 81-year-old star added most people had taken a cut with "goodwill because these are very, very hard times". | The 81-year-old star added most people had taken a cut with "goodwill because these are very, very hard times". |
| Forsyth is the latest BBC star to reveal his salary has been reduced. | Forsyth is the latest BBC star to reveal his salary has been reduced. |
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| "We've always been overpaid, but it's the demand," he said. | |
| "It's like theatres, you'll only command a high salary if [you] put bums on seats. | |
| "So if you are in that position, that does give you a status of asking for big money. But everybody's taken pay cuts now, I think it's a very good thing." | |
| In June the BBC warned it stars to expect their salaries to be slashed as part of the corporation's plan to save money. | |
| Chris Moyles recently admitted he has also had a pay cut | |
| They were briefed at a regular meeting about plans to reduce pay when contracts are renewed. | |
| Last week Jonathan Creek actor Alan Davies and Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles admitted they also had received a pay cut. | |
| Davies revealed on his Twitter account that his pay had been reduced. | |
| "Just had a 25% pay cut on Jonathan Creek. The BBC are 'driving down talent costs'!" | |
| Moyles, who is Radio 1's longest serving breakfast DJ, said his salary had been cut by 20%. | |
| "No-one likes to take a pay cut. But I want to work at the BBC, which is trying to save some of its gazillions, so who am I to get in the way?" | |
| Forsyth, who has hosted Strictly Come Dancing since it began in 2004, is about to return with the seventh series. | |
| Stars including Lynda Bellingham, Natalie Cassidy and Joe Calzaghe are participating. | |
| The BBC has just announced the show has been rescheduled to coincide with ITV's Saturday night show The X Factor. | |
| The full Bruce Forsyth interview can be seen on Newsnight on Friday on BBC Two from 2230 BST. |