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MARTIN CLUNES DISCUSSES PLAYING THE DISGRACED BROADCASTER HUW EDWARDS IN A NEW FEATURE-LENGTH FILM. BY LYNN RUSK

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Martin Clunes as former newsreader Huw Edwards, left

HUW Edwards was one of the most recognisable and trusted newsreaders on British television before becoming the centre of a high-profile scandal that led to his downfall.

The Welsh broadcaster was one of the BBC’s highest-paid presenters, best known for hosting News at 10 for decades and delivering some of the biggest stories to the British public, including the announcement of Queen Elizabeth II's death.

In July 2023, a national newspaper reported that “a top BBC star” had paid a teenager for sexual images.

Days later, Edwards’ wife named him as the presenter at the centre of the scandal. He resigned from the BBC the following April and was charged in June 2024 after a Metropolitan Police investigation.

Now, a feature-length film starring Doc Martin actor Martin Clunes as Edwards will explore the newsreader’s double life as it spirals out of control, leading to his exit from public life following his conviction. In September 2024, Edwards was sentenced to a six-month jail sentence, suspended for two years, at Westminster Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to three charges of making indecent images of children.

Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards focuses on how a young vulnerable man, played by Osian Morgan, came into contact with one of the most powerful figures in TV. Directed by Michael Samuels, known for The Windermere Children and Any Human Heart, the factual drama is based on firsthand interviews with those at the centre of the story, and many of the text messages between Edwards and the young man known by the pseudonym ‘Ryan’