BAFTA TV Awards 2026: BBC-shelved Gaza documentary wins top prize
Key takeaways
- A documentary based on Israel’s military attack on the hospitals situated in Gaza won a BAFTA TV Award for Current Affairs.
- The film was eventually broadcast by rival network, Channel 4.
- The film was initially scheduled to be broadcast in February last year, but the documentary was delayed while the BBC said it was investigating another programme, Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize. A documentary based on Israel’s military attack on the hospitals situated in Gaza won a BAFTA TV Award for Current Affairs. The award was long-awaited by the BBC over what the broadcaster described as “impartiality concerns”.
The documentary Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, made by Basement Films and fronted by journalist Ramita Navai, covered all the allegations of attack on the hospitals and medical staff during the ongoing war in Gaza through testimonies by Palestinian doctors and healthcare staff. The film was eventually broadcast by rival network, Channel 4.
The film was initially scheduled to be broadcast in February last year, but the documentary was delayed while the BBC said it was investigating another programme, Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone. The film had breached editorial guidelines on accuracy after failing to disclose that its narrator was the son of a Hamas official.