Filmmakers slam BBC after Gaza documentary wins award despite being dropped

Filmmakers slam BBC after Gaza documentary wins award despite being dropped Submitted by Elis Gjevori on Sun, 05/10/2026 - 23:05 Award-winning film exposes Gaza war as BBC faces bias and censorship claims Palestinian men carry the bodies of children killed earlier in the day in an Israeli strike in Gaza City, during a funeral precession from Baptist Hospital to a cemetery, on July 2, 2025 (AFP) Off Filmmakers behind Gaza: Doctors Under Attack used their BAFTA TV Award win on Sunday to publicly rebuke the BBC, accusing it of silencing a documentary that lays bare Israel’s assault on Gaza’s medical sector throughout the genocide . The film, originally commissioned by the BBC before being dropped last June, went on to win best current affairs programme after Channel 4 stepped in to broadcast it. Accepting the award, presenter Ramita Navai said the public broadcaster had “paid for” the documentary but “refused to show it.