Channel 4 faces a viewer backlash if it pushes ahead with a “tawdry” tell-all film with Huw Edwards, industry figures have warned.
Viewers and advertisers would recoil from any attempt to allow the disgraced newsreader to “state his case” on the channel, which is currently under fire over rape allegations on Married At First Sight, insiders claimed.
Politicians are also likely to question the public service broadcasting interest in such a programme.
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Channel 4 has held talks with Edwards over a film which would allow the BBC’s once-trusted voice of the nation to explain the serious mental health issues which he says led to his downfall, the Sunday Times reported.
