The Legacy Of Huw Edwards
Aug. 3rd, 2024 07:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphilo The high ups at the BBC will be wondering what to do with the huge tranche of their current affairs archive that is imprinted with Huw Edwards' serious voice and serious face.
Edwards has been a news reporter and presenter since 1986 and topped off his career as the man providing the commentary on the establishment's most elaborate floor shows- including elections, Olympics, royal weddings and royal funerals. It will be an embarrassment to all concerned that every time the announcement of the Queen's death gets replayed people will be going, "Oh look, a paedophile!"
Much of what he did can simply be hidden away- as has happened with the Jimmy Savile, Stewart Hall and Rolf Harris materials- but Edwards wasn't a light entertainer but a chiseller of historical landmarks. Only in Orwell-land- and we're not there yet- could it be pretended that he never existed.
Edwards has been a news reporter and presenter since 1986 and topped off his career as the man providing the commentary on the establishment's most elaborate floor shows- including elections, Olympics, royal weddings and royal funerals. It will be an embarrassment to all concerned that every time the announcement of the Queen's death gets replayed people will be going, "Oh look, a paedophile!"
Much of what he did can simply be hidden away- as has happened with the Jimmy Savile, Stewart Hall and Rolf Harris materials- but Edwards wasn't a light entertainer but a chiseller of historical landmarks. Only in Orwell-land- and we're not there yet- could it be pretended that he never existed.
