Fern Britton and Phillip Schofield are all lined up for a new series of ITV’s All Star Mr & Mrs, but what Britton doesn’t know is that Schofield is earning three times more than her.

Schofield will earn £45,000 per episode of the show whilst Britton is receiving £15,000.

Phillip, 46, is said to be paid more as he has a two-year deal with ITV after signing a £2million exclusive contract in September, Fern only has a exclusive daytime contract which means she can’t command as high a wage.

A Mr and Mrs source told The Sun: “Fern asked for the same pay cheque as Phil. But there isn’t a huge production budget.”