LONDON — The television host who took the BBC to court over unequal pay has won the first high-profile court case to be brought since the fallout over pay disparity at the public broadcaster began more than two years ago.

Samira Ahmed, who was paid 440 pounds, or about $565, per episode when she started hosting a program called “Newswatch,” argued before an employment tribunal that she should have been paid as much as Jeremy Vine, the host of another program, “Points of View,” who received £3,000, or about $3,850, an episode. The tribunal found that the work that Ms. Ahmed did was similar to that done by Mr. Vine, and that the BBC had failed to prove that the difference in pay was not due to sex discrimination.

“The difference in pay in this case was striking,” the panel wrote in its judgment on Friday. “Jeremy Vine was paid more than six times what the claimant was paid for doing the same work.”

Ms. Ahmed was seeking almost £700,000, or about $914,379, in back pay. The amount of her award will be decided at a later date.