"Huw Edwards has not sat at a newsreader's desk since July 2023, when he was suspended by the BBC following a report in the Sun that he had paid a teenager 35,000 for intimate images and conversations."
"Clunes expresses no hesitation in taking on the role, stating, 'Because it's my job. Roles don't take me over. I had to get it exactly right.'"
"Natalie Dormer recently announced that she had donated her fee for playing Sarah Ferguson to sexual abuse charities, feeling it wrong to profit from portraying an associate of the notorious paedophile Jeffrey Epstein."
Huw Edwards has not appeared on screen since July 2023 after being suspended by the BBC for paying a teenager for intimate images. His career effectively ended after being convicted of possessing indecent images of children. On March 24, he returns to the screen, portrayed by Martin Clunes in a Channel 5 production. Clunes expresses no hesitation in taking on the role, viewing it as a professional challenge. Natalie Dormer donated her fee for portraying a controversial figure, raising questions about actors profiting from such roles.
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