Furious BBC presenter hits out over ‘vastly lower’ pay after quitting corporation following 35 years on air

A VETERAN BBC presenter says she will “never understand” why women bosses allowed her to be paid less than her male colleagues.

Ritula Shah quit Radio 4 this year after 35 years, including stints on flagship shows the World Tonight, Woman’s Hour, and Any Questions.

The 56-year-old said discovering she was paid “vastly lower” than men doing the same job was a “really painful episode”.

She told Roger Bolton’s Beeb Watch podcast: “I still can’t quite get over it.

“I couldn’t find a single person who was doing a comparable job to me who was paid less.”

Asked if she knew why senior female managers did nothing about it, she replied: “It’s a kind of benign neglect.

“I’m not sure that excuses it.”

She finally left as she felt at the “other end of the age range” to those the BBC wants to attract.