Doctor Who episode featuring voice of Huw Edwards to be redubbed for BBC iPlayer
A Doctor Who episode featuring the voice of Huw Edwards has been temporarily removed from BBC iPlayer to be redubbed.
It comes after the former BBC News presenter admitted to having indecent images of children, with seven of the 41 being of the most serious type.
The 2006 episode stars David Tennant and Billie Piper as the Doctor and his companion Rose Tyler, who travel to the future to the London 2012 Olympics where Edwards’ voice can be heard from a televised BBC news report.
The instalment titled Fear Her from season two of the sci-fi drama was removed temporarily from BBC iPlayer on Friday to be redubbed, the PA news agency understands.
“As you would expect we are actively considering the availability of our archive,” a BBC spokesperson said.
“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.”
Llangennech
Elsewhere, a mural of Edwards in his hometown of Llangennech, Carmarthenshire, was painted over by artist Steve Jenkins, who described it as “such a bitter pill to swallow”.
Llanelli councillor Gary Jones said the mural had been defaced and the community council had “already removed the photograph of Huw Edwards that hung in our community centre”.
“He was popular and well respected here in Llangennech and his disgrace will hit people in the village hard,” he told PA.
Elsewhere, a plaque at Cardiff Castle commemorating the opening of its Interpretation Centre has also been removed, along with an audio guide featuring Edwards’ voice.
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Are they going to smash up all the church organs too…?
There is sure to be some comparison to what happens in 1984 when the Party has decided someone is to become an unperson.
I was just thinking that … when do things start straying into ‘Ministry of Information’ (as i think it was called) territory , with Winston Smith rewriting the past…
The Story of Wales which he presented is also unavailable
So, now the BBC has no series on the history of Wales. I wonder how long it will be before Tim Davie coughs up the money to make a new one 🙄
So are all you (blokes?) being pro Huw Edwards in order to be anti BBC? Making the children he contributed to the abuse of merely collateral? None of you have mentioned the victims. One being a 9 year old who had been filmed being subjected to the most severe form of sexual abuse. A nine year old.