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Eamonn Holmes tops UK TV rich list

Eamonn Holmes (here with Ruth Langsford) tops earning list
Eamonn Holmes (here with Ruth Langsford) tops earning list

Eamonn Holmes has topped a new British TV rich list after reportedly earning nearly £3 million last year.

Compiled by OK magazine, Holmes's £2.8 million for his contracts with Sky News for Sunrise and ITV for This Morning made him Britain's highest-paid television star in 2011.

TV Burp presenter Harry Hill and reality star Amy Childs came joint second with £2.75 million, while Top Gear geezer James May ties with BBC Two's Hairy Bikers in fourth place.

Richard Hammond, May's fellow Top Gear presenter, sits sixth with a reported £2.4 million annual pay package, while X Factor host Dermot O'Leary and Baking Made Easy's Lorraine Pascale are joint seventh with £2 million each.

Match of the Day analyst Alan Hansen (£1.8m) and ITV's Adrian Chiles (£1.6m) round off the list in ninth and tenth respectively.

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