Strictly Come Dancing presenter Bruce Forsyth has admitted that he took a pay cut for this years series and revealed that he backs a general cap on talent’s salaries.

In an interview with the BBC’s Newsnight, the star said: “It’s a good thing to cap the salaries and I think it should have probably been done a long time ago.”

The 81-year-old told the programme that he had accepted his new salary with “goodwill because these are very, very hard times”.