Archive · 8 Jan 2026
Martin Clunes to Star in Drama About Huw Edwards
Martin Clunes is going to star in a new drama series on Channel 5 about Huw Edwards, a former BBC news anchor who was involved in a big scandal.
The show is called 'Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards' and it will talk about how Edwards, who was a very important news person, did some very bad things.
He was paying a young teenager for sexual pictures and was found guilty of making bad images of children.
This caused a lot of trouble for the BBC and Edwards had to leave his job.
The show will try to understand what happened and how it affected everyone involved.
Martin Clunes, who is famous for playing Doc Martin, will play Edwards in the series.
The show is being made by a company called Wonderhood Studios and will be directed by Michael Samuels.
It's going to be a very serious and important story.
Martin Clunes will star as Huw Edwards in a new drama series on Channel 5.
The series, titled 'Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards', will explore Edwards' grooming scandal and its impact.
Edwards was a prominent BBC news anchor who was found guilty of making indecent images of children.
The scandal led to Edwards' exit from the BBC and caused significant trouble for the corporation.
The series is a collaboration between Channel 5's factual and scripted commissioning teams and Wonderhood Studios.
- Who
- Martin Clunes, Huw Edwards, Channel 5, Wonderhood Studios
- What
- A drama series about the downfall of Huw Edwards
- When
- Upcoming release (exact date not specified)
- Where
- Channel 5 (UK)
- Why
- To explore the story of Huw Edwards' grooming scandal and its impact
- Actor
- Martin Clunes
- Channel
- Channel 5 (now 5)
- Production Company
- Wonderhood Studios
- Director
- Michael Samuels
- Writer
- Mark Burt
- Genre
- Drama
- Topic
- Huw Edwards scandal
- Production Team
- Guy Davies, Paul Testar, Krempelwood