BBC’s Dead Ringers lampoons Huw Edwards scandal

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Impressionists on the latest episode of BBC Radio 4’s comedy show Dead Ringers have roasted The Sun and the Tories in a skit about the Huw Edwards scandal. We should leave the poor thing alone so it can recover away from the public gaze and resume its job of destroying people’s lives.’” Impersonators of Radio 4’s Today programme presenters Nick Robinson and Mishal Husain followed, with “Husain” announcing: “The week began with The Sun claiming a BBC presenter paid a young person for explicit photos, but there were three key words associated with the claim that cast doubts on the story.” “Robinson” then chimes in with: “Those words being ‘the’, ‘sun’ and ‘newspaper’.” He continues: “Then on Wednesday, the name of the BBC presenter was revealed. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free Huw Edwards presenting the news When told he did have topless women posing on page three of his newspaper for 44 years, “Murdoch” replies: “Yeah, but that was vastly different to nudity and it made me lots of money. One filled with paranoid, delusional oddballs, but there’s no need as I already have The Sun offices for that.” On Wednesday 12 July, The Sun issued a statement saying that it would cooperate with the BBC’s internal investigation process, adding: “The Sun has no plans to publish further allegations.