Overview
- The Channel 4 film Gaza: Doctors Under Attack won the BAFTA for Current Affairs on Sunday, and its makers used their speeches to challenge the BBC for dropping the programme.
- Presenter Ramita Navai recited findings about attacks on Gaza’s health system and said the BBC paid for but refused to air the film, while executive producer Ben De Pear asked if the broadcaster would cut their segment from its delayed telecast.
- The BBC commissioned the documentary then declined to show it in June 2025, saying it risked a perception of partiality, with then news chief Deborah Turness later citing staff social‑media posts and on‑air remarks as incompatible with BBC standards.
- Channel 4 acquired and aired the film in July 2025, and its head of news called it meticulously reported journalism examining evidence of alleged grave breaches of international law by Israeli forces.
- The BBC’s edited awards broadcast later included De Pear’s question, and British media reported that some of Navai’s remarks were cut after compliance review, extending a wider industry dispute over censorship and editorial judgment.