Overview
- Channel 5 confirmed a two-part drama titled Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards, releasing a first-look image of Martin Clunes in the lead role.
- The programme explores the former newsreader’s alleged double life and the grooming of a vulnerable 17-year-old, drawing on reporting from those who first broke the story.
- Edwards pleaded guilty in 2024 to making indecent images of children and received a six-month prison term suspended for two years, with court reporting noting 41 images including some classified as Category A.
- Produced by Wonderhood Studios, the project is directed by Michael Samuels and written by Mark Burt, and marks Channel 5’s first collaboration between its factual and scripted teams.
- The announcement has prompted criticism over timing and taste on social media and in commentary, and the broadcaster has not set a transmission date.