Legendary ITV star’s enormous fortune revealed after ‘earning £25,000 a week’-Robert Oliver-Entertainment – Metro

One of ITV’s biggest names also has one of British TV’s biggest fortunes (Picture: PA Wire)

Blankety Blank, The Chase, and Gladiators host Bradley Walsh was adding at least £25,000-per-week to his personal fortune in 2023.

Figures published on Companies House show that the beloved TV presenter and actor, 64, is one of the best paid hosts on British TV.

Bradley runs his company, Wingit Production Limited, alongside Donna, his wife of 27 years – and the couple’s accounts were up by a whopping £1.3million in 2023, which equates to around £25,000 per week.

While the accounts don’t reveal Bradley’s exact take-home pay, £5m was pumped into investments he has – such as stocks and shares and property.

In two years the value of Wingit Production has soared from an already impressive £14.5m to almost £20m, showing that Bradley and Donna are running at tight ship.

The TV favourite’s happy money news is no surprise, with the former Coronation Street actor holding down several major presenting jobs at once right now.

2023 has proven to be a wonderful year for Bradley Walsh (Picture: Getty)

He still has Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad on the go, with a sixth season of the father-son travel documentary series currently in the works, which he co-hosts with his son Barney.

Meanwhile, everything is in place for him to continue as the host of Blankety Blank, which puts him alongside TV royalty such as Sir Terry Wogan, Paul O’Grady, and Les Dawson.

Over on ITV, he’s still taping episodes of The Chase and Beat the Chasers, with the long-running quiz show now currently in its 15th year and just as popular as ever.

Bradley and his son Barney have become a top presenting duo (Picture: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Bradley turned to TV after trying to make it as a footballer in the 1980s(Picture: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

His BBC commitments don’t end with Blankety Blank either, with the revival of Gladiators proving to be another hit for Bradley and his son Barney.

In 2023, it was worked out that Bradley might well be the richest presenter on British TV, with his fortune apparently standing at £18.6m.

‘Bradley really is at the top of his game right now and is raking it in,’ a TV source told the Daily Mail following the release of the figures in July last year.

‘He’s firmly established himself at the top of his profession and is the go-to man for both the BBC and ITV. And that shows no signs of slowing down either, as viewers can’t get enough of him.’

The Chase made Bradley one of the biggest stars of British TV (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)

It all could have been very different for Bradley once upon a time, with the actor and presenter having tried to make it as a professional football player in the 1970s and 1980s.

However, in the 1990s he turned to TV, when ITV offered him the role of presenter on gameshow Midas Touch, in a decision that has definitely paid off.

The news of Bradley’s impressive finances comes off the back of Great British Bake Off host Paul Hollywood producing his own eye-watering figures, with a personal fortune of £14m in 2023 alone.

Broken down to a weekly amount, it’s estimated that Paul is bringing in over £270,000-per-week, with his TV hosting salary matching that of top footballers.

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