By Katie Hind For The Mail On Sunday
Published: 23:14 GMT, 23 February 2019 | Updated: 23:27 GMT, 23 February 2019
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Clare, 48, who has hosted six Olympic Games and five Paralympics, thinks that behind-the-scenes workers should be able to give highly paid presenters and actors an Uber-style rating based on how polite they are
Feisty BBC presenter Clare Balding has hit out at arrogant stars who bully other staff at the Corporation – and come up with a fascinating scheme to stop them in their tracks.
Clare, 48, who has hosted six Olympic Games and five Paralympics, thinks that behind-the-scenes workers should be able to give highly paid presenters and actors an Uber-style rating based on how polite they are.
And celebrities who fail to get a good enough score should then have their pay slashed.
She recommends that, rather than asking executives such as editors and directors for their views on star performers, staff such as make-up artists and sound engineers should have a say about the way they’re treated.
When asked if she thought that BBC presenters shouldn’t be making the vast amounts they do if they behave badly, Clare, right, let rip. She said: ‘Absolutely. I think we should do an Uber rating from everyone who works on production because those jobs are anonymous.
‘I think what tends to happen is
