A source close to Natasha Kaplinsky tells MediaGuardian that she’s trousering £1m a year to join five.

BBC insiders reckon Kaplinsky’s loss was the real reason Peter Fincham quit.

Five’s news supremo Chris Shaw hammers the keyboard on behalf of the MediaGuardian fairly regularly, so you’d think they’d get a quote off him – but he’s saying nothing.

Still, £1m a year to keep her off BBC1 – I’d be tempted to chip in a few bob myself.