Huw Edwards (in-universe)
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Huw Edwards was a reporter for BBC News 24 in the 21st century.
Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]
Edwards reported on the destruction of the Tate Modern in 2004. He mentioned that no terrorist groups had claimed responsibility for the attack, and that the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone had been found alive and unharmed after concerns he may have been a causality. (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows [+]Loading...["The Tomorrow Windows (novel)"])
He provided the commentary for the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games on 27 July 2012. (TV: Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"]) He had previously covered royal weddings and state funerals. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...["The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Fear Her correctly predicted that Edwards would be one of the BBC commentators for the 2012 Olympic Games' opening ceremony.
- Edwards was originally planned to appear in The Power of Three [+]Loading...["The Power of Three (TV story)"] alongside Susanna Reid as fictionalised versions of themselves reporting on the Year of the Slow Invasion. The roles instead went to Sophie Raworth and Matthew Amroliwala. (REF: DWMSE 33, pp. 69-70)
