The BBC insisted Newswatch was a journalistic programme that attracts a lower fee and requires a different type of presenter to Points of View, which is an entertainment programme. She was supported by other BBC women presenters. Ahmed claimed the pay difference was an example of gender discrimination. Both are short television programmes of similar length that deal with viewer feedback about BBC output. During Ahmed’s landmark case, she argued she was owed almost £700,000 in back pay because of the difference in pay between her £440-an-episode pay for the BBC’s Newswatch and the £3,000 an episode which Jeremy Vine received for Points of View. Janu– As Samira Ahmed’s landmark equal pay case against the BBC made public embarrassing details about the corporation’s inner workings, the BBC began approaching women who are bringing equal pay cases against it, trying to head off more public exposure.
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