To think this is overkill (Huw Edwards)

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Don't get me wrong, what he did was heinous.
I don't care how or why you got pics on your phone. 🤢😡. 😥

https://deadline.com/2024/08/doctor-who-episode-huw-edwards-removed-bbc-iplayer-1236029881/

Deleting all reference from someone from fictional shows though seems a bit 😕
It's a character, it's not the real life person.
If we started deleting everyone with problematic/disgusting views, would we be left with any art at all?!

It isn't about having problematic or disgusting views. He is a paedophile who doesn't deserve to be on our screens.

And also, wouldn't he be paid royalties for using this footage? Scrub him out and he won't see a penny.

Many people refuse to listen to Lostprophets, and cannot bear to watch anything with the likes of Rolf Harris or Jimmy Saville on. Sometimes the art is damaged beyond repair because of the what the artist has done.

I think this is a very good call from the BBC

He's a sex offender. A child sex offender.

It's not about him having problematic views. He's literally a paedophile.

Wasn’t it Huw Edwards who made the announcement that QEII had died?

They’ll have a hard time censoring that.

He's not problematic though, he's an actual paedophile. If you or your children were his victims would you want to see him ok the tv?

I think it is something they have to do. They cannot be seen to condone paediphilia in any form.

Doctor Who is family viewing and also seen by a lot of children. Of all ages.

He’s a paedophile. He didn’t send a tweet that was a bit offensive.

YABU

The BBC should be consistent. They’ve got The Thick of it (Chris Langham, same offence as Edwards) back on iPlayer.

I think it is good that his reputation and social acceptability reflects what he's done. Consequences are good.
Only wish the public horror and subsequent exclusion from being in an honoured position applied to child rapist Olympic athletes as well! 😡

Lots of kids watch things like Dr. Who and HE is a pervert so yeah it's very appropriate to scrub out his appearance on shows like that!

He isn't a paedophile. It is OTT.

He is literally the definition of a paedophile.

It is not a crime to be a paedophile.

Being a sex offender is quite different.

Is this the same BBC that carried on paying him a fortune after he had been arrested and they were aware of the charges?

Yes he is. Don’t minimise his actions.

He resigned before he was formally charged.

If we started deleting everyone with problematic/disgusting views, would we be left with any art at all?!

Yes.

hmmmm- I am Welsh and he was literally an icon in wales, especially regarding the Welsh language. He made videos that are shown in schools about the Welsh language.

Do I think all of it should be removed and he should be removed from public life? Absolutely I bloody do.

I am disappointed that he wasn’t who we all thought he was though - I feel sad for that but yes, all trace of him should be removed. Especially given his videos were shown in schools.

I reckon it’s mostly to do with not having to pay him royalties from future episodes when they’re already coming under fire for the amount of wages they’ve paid him whilst under investigation.

It's not "problematic", it's the worst of humanity.

Quite right to delete it, no-one will enjoy watching it.

Also the BBC can sweep a bit of their guilt under the carpet too

A peadophile, and soon to be a convicted peadophile isn’t someone I would call problematic.

Why are you so keen to keep TV shows featuring a peadophile available, especially childrens TV?

Can you explain why you think he's not?

He didn't just view a few photos or have problrmatic views (thought that in itself is bad enough) he paid a child for years to send explicit photos of themselves to him.

He won't continue to make money from it being shown, like he would that episode. Which is why it has been removed.
He'll be asked to sign away royalty rights, just as Gary Glitter did and the decisions around Saville made sure that the charities wasn't punished. Saville is still in the-way-to-Amarillo (Comic relief) video, for that reason. There are loose ends to sort out.

It's a terrible move. People will have even less trust in media now that things are being systematically removed. It’s literally Winston’s job in 1984. Dystopian, depressing etc etc