THE BBC’s top jobs are still packed with posh people despite working- class viewers complaining of being patronised.
Figures show more than a fifth of the highest earners went to a private school.
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BBC director-general Tim Davie is on a salary of ￡525,000-a-year Credit: Getty
That’s three times more than in the population as a whole.
BBC pay statistics reveal that 22 per cent of the Corporation’s staff on more than ￡150,000 went to fee-paying schools.
Overall, just seven per cent of people in the UK got a -similar leg-up in life.
BBC director-general Tim Davie, on ￡525,000-a-year, went to Whitgift School, in South London, on a scholarship.
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Fees are up to ￡43,500 annually.
Chief content officer Charlotte Moore, on ￡425,000, went to Wycombe Abbey, Bucks, with fees up to ￡40,000.
Presenter Laura Kuenssberg, World Affairs Editor John Simpson, Security Correspondent Frank Gardner and Royal Correspondent Nicholas Witchell all went to private schools.
Earlier this month, a report by media regulator Ofcom found poorer viewers thought the BBC was run by an “exclusive, upper-class group of white men” earning too much.
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The BBC said 21 per cent of its staff are from “low socio-economic backgrounds”.
A spokesman said: “We want the BBC to be for everyone and the latest figures show that 21 per cent of staff are from low socio-economic backgrounds, with a target of 25 per cent by 2025.
"We continue to invest in talent schemes and youth outreach projects, and we increased apprenticeships to record levels in the last year.”