The BBC is able to keep a lid on its salary costs of more than £1bn by using long-term freelancers who don't show up on the annual bill despite coming in at £10million.
The corporation confirmed that 139 freelance and contract staff joined its ranks last year, including 20 who were paid a cool average wage of £150,000 a year.
Although the BBC has not disclosed names or job titles, one of the contractors includes Anthony Rose, who is Controller of Online Media Group and Vision.
As the corporation's iPlayer chief, he has been at the BBC on a contract basis for nearly three years, though is still paid a daily rate equivalent to £300,000 a year.
A BBC spokesman played down such contracts, saying they were commercial arrangements for "skills not available" internally, for fees the BBC could afford.
Jul 19, 2010
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