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Six male BBC presenters have agreed to reduce their salaries as the corporation deals with a gender pay gap row.

Jeremy Vine, John Humphrys, Huw Edwards, Nick Robinson, Nicky Campbell and Jon Sopel will take a cut to their six-figure pay packets.

A BBC spokesperson said: "We are very grateful to Huw Edwards, Nicky Campbell, John Humphrys, Jon Sopel, Nick Robinson, and Jeremy Vine, who have agreed that their pay will now be reduced.

"These are great journalists and presenters, who have a real connection with the audience. We are proud to have them working at the BBC.

"The final details of some of these changes are still being discussed, and there are further conversations that the BBC will have with others in due course."

It comes after the BBC's China editor Carrie Gracie quit her role in protest at pay inequality for men and women at the licence fee funded corporation.

She accused the BBC of "breaking equality law and resisting pressure for a fair and transparent pay structure".

In July last year, the BBC was forced to publish the salaries of its highest-paid stars for the first time.

Radio 2 host Mr Vine was revealed to earn between £700,000-£749,999, while Radio 4 Today presenter Mr Humphrys was said to have a salary of £600,000-£649,000.

BBC News presenter Mr Edwards (£550,000-£599,999) and North America editor Mr Sopel (£200,000-£249,000) were also among the top earners.

Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen was on the list (£150,000-£199,999) but neither Ms Gracie or her fellow female international editor, Europe editor Katya Adler, were among the BBC's best paid.

In total, two-thirds of the BBC's highest-paid stars - those earning more than £150,000 per year - were revealed to be men.

Earlier this week, it was reported Mr Humphrys had offered to take a third voluntary pay cut in two years, dropping his salary to £250,000-£300,000.

But BBC News reported it is not yet known how much the male stars will reduce their pay packets by.

Ms Gracie will now return to the BBC newsroom in London, with an expectation to be "paid equally", the website added.

The BBC's gender pay row deepened earlier this month when a leaked tape revealed Mr Humphrys and Mr Sopel in a "jokey exchange" about about Ms Gracie's resignation.

In a recording, Mr Humphrys was heard telling Mr Sopel: "Dear God. She's actually suggested that you should lose money; you know that, don't you? You've read the thing properly, have you?"

In response to the emergence of the tape, Mr Humphrys said: "We are in habit, Jon and I, of winding each other up and the purpose of this jokey - I emphasise jokey - exchange was a bit of mutual mickey-taking, and that is all it was."

A BBC spokeswoman described it as an "ill-advised" conversation which Mr Humphrys regretted.

In the wake of the row, Government minister Tracey Crouch was reported to have refused to be interviewed on Radio 4's Today programme in protest at Mr Humphrys' off-air comments.

The new minister for loneliness was subsequently praised by fellow politicians, with Tory MP Caroline Dineage tweeting: "Couldn't be more proud of my pal @tracey_crouch".

A spokeswoman for the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport admitted Ms Crouch had not managed to fit in the Today programme in a round of media interviews about her new loneliness role.

However, she added: "Tracey Crouch spoke to a number of broadcasters, including the BBC, on her role leading the Government's new loneliness strategy."

On Wednesday, Ms Gracie and top BBC bosses, including director general Lord Hall, will be grilled by a committee of MPs about pay structures at the corporation.