{"id":360711,"date":"2026-04-02T19:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/360711\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T19:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:17:12","slug":"huw-edwards-vows-to-challenge-misleading-claims-in-channel-5-drama-huw-edwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/360711\/","title":{"rendered":"Huw Edwards vows to \u2018challenge misleading claims\u2019 in Channel 5 drama | Huw Edwards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The disgraced BBC presenter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/huw-edwards\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Huw Edwards<\/a> has said he intends to \u201cchallenge the misleading or fabricated claims\u201d made in recent coverage of events leading to his conviction for making indecent images of children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Edwards, once one of the BBC\u2019s highest-paid newsreaders, pleaded guilty to the criminal offence in July 2024 and was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The former broadcaster was the subject of a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2026\/mar\/24\/power-the-downfall-of-huw-edwards-review-martin-clunes-is-sickening\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Channel 5 drama<\/a> about his downfall, starring Doc Martin actor Martin Clunes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Edwards, 64, said in a statement: \u201cMuch has been written and reported in the past week following Channel 5\u2019s one-sided account.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cOther opportunities will arise later this year for me to state my case, and to challenge the misleading or fabricated claims made in recent coverage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cA number of serious questions still remain to be answered, and not just by me. It will now take some time for me to produce my own account, and until then I do not intend to comment any further.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Edwards reportedly intends to make his own documentary or podcast series about the events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">He previously said the production company behind the Channel 5 drama, Wonderhood Studios, failed to check the \u201ctruth\u201d of the narratives shown in the series, relating to allegations made by the Sun in July 2023, which claimed that a \u201ctop BBC star\u201d paid a teenager more than \u00a335,000 for sexual pictures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Edwards added that he felt \u201cdeep regret and remorse\u201d for his crimes and said his behaviour was \u201creckless, shameful and damaging\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A previous statement from Channel 5 said: \u201cPower: the Downfall of Huw Edwards 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cIt has been produced in accordance with Ofcom\u2019s broadcasting code. All allegations made in the film were put to Huw Edwards via his solicitors six weeks before transmission.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The disgraced BBC presenter Huw Edwards has said he intends to \u201cchallenge the misleading or fabricated claims\u201d made&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-360711","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}