Navratilova: BBC pays McEnroe ten times more than me

Broadcaster’s gender pay gap is questioned by the nine-time Wimbledon champion

Martina Navratilova BBC pay John McEnroe tennis Wimbledon
Martina Navratilova was interviewed for Panorama’s Britain’s Equal Pay Scandal programme
(Image credit: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

Tennis great Martina Navratilova has told the BBC’s Panorama programme that the corporation pays her ten times less than her fellow commentator John McEnroe.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Explore More