BBC stars pen letter demanding equal pay - but some believe issue is resolved

A selection of female BBC personalities have made a public outcry, calling on the corporation to deal with the gender pay gap now.

Victoria Derbyshire, Emily Maitlis and Clare Balding are amongst many who have signed an open letter to Tony Hall, Director General of the BBC. Hall has so far stated that "work is already well under way" to bridge the gender pay gap, after the BBC published a damning list of celebrity wages.

BBC news reports that the letter shows "what many of us have suspected for many years... that women at the BBC are being paid less than men for the same work…Compared to many women and men, we are very well compensated and fortunate.

"However, this is an age of equality and the BBC is an organisation that prides itself on its values.