Huw Edwards’s downfall to be dramatised in two-part Channel 5 series

Wed, 07 Jan 2026

Martin Clunes will play former BBC anchor in drama that depicts Edwards’s alleged grooming of a teenager

The downfall of former BBC presenter Huw Edwards is to be dramatised in a two-part television series, including a depiction of his alleged grooming of a vulnerable teenager.

Martin Clunes, the star of Doc Martin and Men Behaving Badly, will play the disgraced former BBC anchor, in a controversial production commissioned by Channel 5.