The team behind Channel 4 documentary Gaza: Doctors Under Attack has launched a scathing attack on the BBC after winning a BAFTA TV Award.
The BBC dropped the Ramita Navai-hosted film in June 2025, citing impartiality concerns. The documentary, spotlighting the plight of medics in Gaza, was later aired by Channel 4.
On Sunday night, Doctors Under Attack won the BAFTA TV Award for Current Affairs, with Navai directly calling out the BBC in her acceptance speech.
Rattling off figures regarding the number of people killed in Gaza by Israel, Navai said they were the findings of a film “that the BBC paid for and refused to show.”
“We refused to be silenced and censored,” she added. “We thank Channel 4 for showing this film.”
Ben De Pear, the executive producer of Gaza: Doctors Under Attack for Basement Films, then dared the BBC to edit the remarks from the ceremony, which is shown on BBC One on a two-hour time delay. “Given you dropped the film, will you drop us from the BAFTA screening?” he asked.
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