The BBC will keep the BAFTA won for royal coverage led by former newsreader Huw Edwards, but the individual awards he received remain under review, it is understood.
Seven individual presenter awards presented to Edward for the BAFTA The Cymru Awards, between 2002 and 2017, are under review.
Comes after the 62-year-old man pleaded guilty to three charges of making indecent images of children at a court hearing last month.
“Like everyone in the industry and the country, we were shocked by the news – given the seriousness of this abhorrent crime, we are reviewing it,” said a BAFTA spokesperson.
The BBC will retain the BAFTA won in 2012 for Edwards’ coverage of Prince William and Kate’s wedding the previous year.
The state funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II, which featured comments from presenters including Edwards, also won two BAFTAs for sound and direction last year.
Edwards has won best on-screen presenter at the BAFTA Cymru awards numerous times over the years, the first being in 2002 for his program Election Exchange.
BAFTA is not the only institution seeking honors previously transferred to the former broadcaster. Cardiff University, which made him honorary professor of journalism in 2007, and Bangor University, which awarded him an honorary fellowship in 2014, are also carrying out reviews.
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It emerged last month that Edwards was arrested in November and charged in June with indecent images of children. In court last week, the veteran broadcaster admitted the charges against him, with seven of the 41 images being of the most serious type.
His court appearance came a year after he was named as the presenter at the center of allegations of paying a young man for sexually explicit photos. Police found no evidence of criminal behavior in relation to this separate matter.
Following his suspension over these separate initial allegations, Edwards resigned from the BBC in April this year “based on the medical advice of his doctors”.
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The BBC’s annual report, released a week before the charges against him were announced, showed that he was among those highest paid stars on the network for 2023-24, despite being offline for most of the year.
BBC Director General Tim Davie defended his decision employing him until that moment, five months after being informed of the arrest in November.
Edwards will appear in court on September 16.
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