Huw.. the TV drama

Clunes to portray downfall of shamed BBC News presenter

- BY TOM BRYANT

Martin Clunes as Huw Edwards, above, in a Channel 5 drama due to air in the next few months

DOC Martin star Martin Clunes is to play shamed BBC News presenter Huw Edwards in a drama on his shocking fall from grace.

The two-part show by Channel 5 is said to recount his double life and how the scandal unfolded.

It is said to paint a "complex, emotional and nuanced portrait, revealing how the grooming of a vulnerable 17-year-old over many months led to Edwards' downfall, disgrace and the end of his life in the public eye".

Ben Frow, chief content officer at 5, said: "This is an important and shocking story of how a man in a position of power and trust betrayed that status."