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Gaza Documentary Censored by BBC Wins BAFTA Award

HeadlineMay 11, 2026

A BBC-funded documentary titled “Gaza: Doctors Under Attack” won best current affairs program at the BAFTA TV Awards Sunday, despite being dropped by the network last June. Channel 4 in the U.K. picked it up and aired it instead. The BBC pulled the film weeks before its scheduled broadcast. In a statement, the broadcaster had said, “We have come to the conclusion that broadcasting this material risked creating a perception of partiality.” Presenter Ramita Navai and Ben De Pear, the executive producer of the documentary, blasted the BBC in their acceptance speeches.

Ramita Navai: “We refuse to be silenced and censored. And we thank — thank you. Thank you. And we thank Channel 4 showing this film.”

Ben De Pear: “We also want to dedicate this award to Jaba Badwan and Osama Al-Ashi, the two journalists on the ground who made this film for us. So I’d like a round of applaud for them, please. … Just a question to the BBC: Given that you dropped our film, will you drop us from the BAFTA screening later tonight? Thank you.”

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