Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has criticized Channel 5 for failing to verify facts with him before airing a drama depicting his downfall, stating it is unlikely to convey reality.

Producers say alleged victim of grooming was ready to tell his story and show raises urgent issues around online safety Channel 5 has defended its controversial drama about the downfall of Huw Edwards, saying it raises the “urgent” issue of grooming and online safety and gives voice to his alleged victim, who worked with the programme to tell his side of the story so “no one who has been silenced feels they are alone”. Starring Martin Clunes as the disgraced former BBC newsreader, the drama c...

Channel 5 (now 5) is making a factual drama about the interrogation of Madeleine McCann’s mother.