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Privacy NoticeThe BBC is urgently removing all traces of disgraced former news presenter Huw Edwards from its archives, following his admission to three charges of making indecent images of children. The TV personality, 62, was once one of the BBC’s top news anchors, earning over £470,000 and presenting News at Ten for several years. He was also the face of many significant national events, including announcing the Queen’s death in September 2022. Less than a year later, the Welshman was off-air after being identified as the famous figure involved in allegations that an unnamed but well-known BBC presenter had paid a teenager more than £35,000 since they were 17 in exchange for images. In April, he officially resigned from his role at the BBC, and on Wednesday, he pleaded guilty to possessing 41 indecent images of children sent to him by another man via WhatsApp.
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Archive footage of the journalist, who hailed from Bridgend and grew up in Llangennech, is being quietly pulled, starting with more family-oriented and entertainment content on the iPlayer. “As you would expect we are actively considering the availability of our archive,” a BBC spokesperson explained. “While we don’t routinely delete content from the BBC archive as it is a matter of historical record we do consider the continued use and re-use of material on a case-by-case basis.” The purge has begun, with the removal of a 2006 Doctor Who episode from iPlayer which featured Edwards’s voice. A mural dedicated to the Huw in Llangennech has also been removed following the news of his charges for possessing indecent images, with Cardiff Council stripping away a plaque honouring the former presenter from Cardiff Castle.
Court artist drawing by Elizabeth Cook of former BBC broadcaster Huw Edwards appearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court
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Veteran News Reader Huw Edwards pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent pictures of children between 2020 and 2022, 37 images were shared on WhatsApp
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Professor Jean Seaton, media history expert, spoke to the Observer explaining how complicated this process is when compared to previous incidents involving celebrities like Jimmy Savile. “Savile’s entertainment shows centred on him so deleting much of that archive made sense,” she noted. “But Edwards’s role was adjacent to coverage with importance much larger than him news and national events. That he was the familiar face of such important programmes is a problem. But these events are ours. I suspect the BBC can’t or won’t delete the archive it may make clearly badged alternatives.”
Former BBC Presenter Huw Edwards leaves Westminster Magistrates Court
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Huw, who was arrested last November and charged last month, will next appear in court on 16 September. Huw was formerly the main anchor for the coverage of the late Duke Of Edinburgh’s funeral on April 17, 2021 and he also presented a programme from Windsor Castle the night before the funeral, titled HRH The Duke of Edinburgh Remembered. He continued to grace our screens until July 2023, leading the corporation’s coverage of the late Queen’s platinum jubilee, her passing and her funeral, as well as the coronation of King Charles. Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterMore OnDoctor Who
