Overview
- Channel 5 confirmed Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards, casting Martin Clunes in a two-part factual drama about the ex-BBC newsreader’s fall.
- The series marks the first joint commission by 5’s factual and scripted teams and Wonderhood Studios’ debut drama, directed by Michael Samuels and written by Mark Burt.
- Producers say the drama is based on a year of research with cooperation from key participants plus exclusive access to The Sun’s reporting.
- Court records show Edwards pleaded guilty in July 2024 to making indecent images of children, receiving a six-month sentence suspended for two years after WhatsApp evidence included 41 indecent images of children.
- A first-look image of Clunes in character has been released, a transmission date has not been announced, and early social media reaction includes criticism that the dramatization is too soon or in poor taste.