Huw Edwards is a Welsh journalist from Bridgend currently working as a presenter and newsreader for BBC News at Ten since October of 1984.

Huw Edwards Biography

Edwards is a Welsh journalist from Bridgend currently working as a presenter and newsreader for BBC News at Ten since October of 1984.

“You don’t want to disappoint others, but you also want to do things your way. I don’t want to be a Sissons or Buerk clone .”

Huw Edwards is hell-bent on making his mark on the BBC’s Ten O’Clock News.

Huw, who is married and has five children, says he is “quite delighted” to have been chosen to take over as host after Michael Buerk’s decision to leave the show in September 2002.

“Swot”

He’s gone a long way since he was a little, studious youngster growing up in a close-knit town in Llangennech, near Llanelli, as the anchorman for the corporation’s main news program.

“I was a swot as a kid.”

“My ambition was to become a virtuoso concert pianist.”

Huw realized he’d never be as proficient at playing the piano as he’d like to be when he was 14 to 15 years old and decided to pursue a career as an academic instead.

Early mistakes

He confesses that his original bargaining chip was the fact that he could read the news in both English and Welsh, giving the station “two for the price of one.”

He noticed an advertisement for the BBC News apprentice scheme here, and it was here that he got his first job at the BBC in 1984.

This was an excellent learning opportunity for Huw, as well as an opportunity to make some spectacular errors.

“I had to prepare programs, cut packages together, and interview individuals, and I failed miserably at all of them.”

Controversy

But he quickly realized the importance of solid writing abilities, which he thinks the BBC was rightfully passionate about when he first joined the organization. When it comes to standards at the BBC in the 1980s, he isn’t always so flattering.

“When I joined the BBC, it was a hugely respected institution, and everyone wanted to work for it.”

“I can’t pretend it was a highly efficient machine, and I believe the BBC of today is far superior in many aspects.”

The best years

Huw became the legislative correspondent for BBC Wales in 1986 and the political correspondent for TV News in 1988.

Over the next 13 years, he covered most of the big political stories of the century, including Margaret Thatcher’s demise in 1990.

He also covered the John Major years, from 1990 to 1997, when there was “a crisis every week,” according to Huw, and the development of New Labour.

“If there was ever a moment to be a political reporter, it was during these years.”

“The finest part of the job was knowing you were present when something significant occurred.”

The death of Labour Party Leader John Smith, who died of a heart attack in May 1994, was one of the stories Huw found particularly difficult to report.

Tony Blair was elected leader of the party in July of that year, paving the stage for the party’s dramatic changes that would make Labour electable in 1997.

Deep sadness

Huw was disappointed that the life of such a bright leader had been cut short.

“It was difficult for me to report John Smith’s death. When he died, I was heartbroken. You believe you will not be.”

Huw’s enthusiasm for politics remains unwavering, and he admits to being envious of the BBC’s Political Editor, Andrew Marr, adding that if Andrew won the jackpot, he would seriously consider returning to political reporting.

Huw became a household name in May 1999, when he took over as presenter of BBC One’s Six O’Clock News.

Things didn’t always go as planned due to a few technological difficulties, as is customary.\

Nail-biting

A severe power outage rocked West London on June 20, 2000, just as Huw was preparing for the bulletin.

“Don’t worry, the BBC has three generators on standby,” he continues, “so there is absolutely no question that the network news would go off the air.”

“I could barely go into the studio when I got there because it was so black.”

Because the three backup generators had failed, the studio had been put on emergency illumination.

It was a nail-biting program for Huw, with the Six O’Clock News broadcast looming, only five minutes of backup power remaining, and the time, 5.50 p.m.

Huw’s biggest nightmare came true halfway through the show.

“I vanished from every television screen in the country.”

Feel free to watch the fateful broadcast from 20 June 2000 as a power failure forced the BBC Six O’Clock News off-air

The next day, it was on the main page of the tabloids. This was the first time the BBC news had been taken off the air for any reason, and Huw confesses it wasn’t the best experience he’d ever had.

A day to remember

A Six O’Clock News anchor’s life could also be in jeopardy.

The Six broadcast a special program from the rooftop of a hotel overlooking Ground Zero in New York on the first anniversary of September 11th.

Huw presented the broadcast with one hand clutched to a support rail and his suit lapels tied down with masking tape, despite the fact that he was without shelter from neighbouring buildings and freak 70 mph winds:

“On several occasions, I was on the verge of being blown off the cliff.”

David Dimbleby, who had utilized the same site to give a live special during the anniversary afternoon, was the inspiration for taping down his lapels.

According to Huw, David was appearing to be in blow-dry at a Knightsbridge salon.”

Naked ambition

So what’s next for Huw, who’s done everything from Songs of Praise to classical music to Newsnight, Panorama, and Breakfast News?

A chance to take it easy?

“You’re hungry and ambitious throughout your profession. I’d like to concentrate on what I have, but I’m still hungry and ambitious.”

The studious lad from Llanelli hasn’t changed all that much since then.

Huw Edwards Education

A proud graduate, Huw graduated with a first-class honors degree in French from the University of Wales in Cardiff. Edwards almost stumbled into journalism by chance after a friend recommended he try his hand at presenting on the commercial radio station, Swansea Sound.

Huw Edwards Age

Edwards was born on the 18th of August 1961 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales.

Huw Edwards Family

He was born in Glamorgan to his loving and caring Welsh-speaking parents. His growing was in Llangennech, near Llanelli from the age of four. His father, known as Hywel Teifi Edwards, was a Plaid Cymru and Welsh Language activist, and an author and academic, who was a Research Professor of Welsh-language Literature at University College, Swansea. In addition, his mother, Aerona Protheroe, taught at Llanelli’s Ysgol Gyfun y Strade for 30 years. Edwards also has one sister, Meinir.

Huw Edwards Wife

Currently, he is in marriage with his lovely and beautiful wife, Vicky Flind. Vicky happens to be a television producer, whose credits include editing This Week and Peston. Currently, the family resides in Dulwich, London.

Huw Edwards Children

The couple counts it a blessing to have five children, namely, Dan, Amos, Hannah, Rebecca, and Sammy. However, he shares no more information in relation to his children. An update of this information will be out when available.

Huw Edwards Height

He is approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall which is about 1.80 meters.

Huw Edwards Salary

He earns an estimated annual salary ranging between $10,000 to $100,000.

Huw Edwards Net Worth

Edwards has an estimated net worth of between $150,000-$2,000,000.

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