I met Huw Edwards: what the drama gets right (and wrong) - The Saturday Story

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2026-03-28

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This week, Channel 5 broadcast a dramatisation of the downfall of former BBC news anchor Huw Edwards, with Martin Clunes in the lead role. The programme traces the events that led to his sudden and very public fall from grace. Andrew Billen, veteran journalist who specialises in interviews with celebrities, politicians and writers at The Times, met Edwards on several occasions, including the day before his world came crashing down. In a compelling piece published this week, Billen reflects on the man he thought he knew. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory Read by: Andrew Billen, features writer, The Times. Producer: Dave Creasey. We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com Read more: I’ve met Huw Edwards, here’s what the TV drama gets right (and wrong) Photo: Getty Images This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • From The Times and The Sunday Times, this is The Story on Saturday.

  • I'm Manving Rana.

  • This week, the downfall of the former BBC news anchor Hugh Edwards was dramatised by Channel 5,

  • with the actor Martin Clunes in the lead role.

  • It portrayed the events leading up to his catastrophic fall from grace.

  • Andrew Billen, who writes brilliant features for The Times,

  • met Hugh Edwards on several occasions, including the day before his world imploded.

  • He wrote a fascinating and insightful piece in the paper this week, reflecting on the man he knew.

  • So we asked him to read it.

  • The most important thing about the Jeffrey Epstein affair, everyone says, is his victims.

  • They then proceed to fixate on the sex trafficker himself,

  • Ghislaine Maxwell, Andrew McBatton-Windsor and Peter Mandelson.

  • Conversely, although this week's Channel 5 drama on the faintly comparable Hugh Edwards affair

  • was sold on the former news anchor's name.

  • In fact, power, the downfall of Hugh Edwards, with Martin Clunes in the title role, concentrated less on him than Ryan,

  • the 17-year-old from South Wales, whom he bullied and bribed to do his wishes.

  • And I applaud it for that.

  • Nevertheless, one day someone may truly dramatise the fall of Hugh Edwards.

  • Perhaps it will even be with this help, since he has made it clear about his unhappiness that Channel 5

  • did not seek his side of the story for its film.