The BBC paid Sir Terry Wogan £1,300 an hour to front the 2005 Children in Need charity appeal, it has emerged.
Documents obtained by the Mail on Sunday under the Freedom of Information Act show that the veteran television and radio broadcaster is the only celebrity to be paid for the annual charity event.
Sir Terry, who has hosted Children in Need every year since its inception in 1980, earned £9,065 for the seven hours worth of television programming during 2005's appeal.
But co-presenters Natasha Kaplinsky, Eamonn Holmes and Fearne Cotton did not receive any money.
'The BBC considered it appropriate to pay Sir Terry a non-commercial fee,' a letter to the Sunday tabloid from the corporation says.
'The BBC has made an adjustment to this fee every year to reflect inflation. This fee has never been subject to negotiation. It is paid by the BBC and does not come from the funds of the BBC Children in Need appeal charity.
'No other BBC presenters or personalities were paid.'
Sir Terry, 68, reportedly earns £800,000 a year presenting his Radio 2 show.
He told the Mail on Sunday: 'I've never asked for a fee and would quite happily do it for nothing.'
Last year the Irishman said that television stars, specifically those employed by the BBC, were being paid too much for presenting duties.
