Disgraced former BBC News presenter Huw Edwards has hit back at Channel 5's new drama about him, promising to share his own version of events. In a statement, Edwards, 64, said the programme was a 'one-sided account' and that he would later challenge 'misleading or fabricated claims'.
Edwards was sentenced in September 2024 to a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, after admitting three counts of making indecent images of children. He was also placed on the sex offender register. The Channel 5 drama, titled Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards, stars Martin Clunes and dramatises Edwards' communication with convicted paedophile Alex Williams, a groomed teenager, and his subsequent arrest.
In his statement, Edwards said: 'Much has been written and reported in the past week following Channel 5's one-sided account. Other opportunities will arise later this year for me to state my case and to challenge the misleading or fabricated claims made in recent coverage.' He added that it would 'take some time' to produce his own account and that he would not comment further until then.
This is not the first time Edwards has criticised the programme. Last month, he claimed the network made 'no attempt to check with me the truth of any aspect of their narrative'. Channel 5 has previously defended the drama, stating it is based on 'extensive interviews with the victim, his family, the journalists who revealed his story, text exchanges between the victim and Edwards, and court reporting', and that all allegations were put to Edwards via his solicitors six weeks before transmission.
Edwards was initially arrested in September 2023 and suspended from the BBC in April 2024 after a 40-year career. The drama has left some viewers feeling 'sickened' by its revelations. Separately, Edwards was recently spotted liking a LinkedIn post about Scott Mills' sacking from the BBC following a complaint about a police investigation into sexual offences.
