Disgraced BBC News anchor Huw Edwards, who in 2024 was convicted of accessing child sex abuse images, has issued a furious statement over a new film depicting the scandal.
Wuthering Heights star Martin Clunes portrays Edwards in 5’s Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards. It chronicles the “true story” of the ex-broadcaster’s grooming of a 17-year-old boy (named Ryan in drama, played by Osian Morgan) in the lead-up to his criminal conviction.
The producers behind the film, airing in the U.K. on Tuesday, March 24, said at a London screening last week that they pored over reports, police files, and related paperwork, as well as speaking extensively with the victim, their family, and journalists at The Sun who first broke the news of Edwards’ grooming. A note at the end of the program — made to show the public “how grooming works and the insidiousness of grooming,” according to a 5
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