"Accepting the award, executive producer Ben de Pear thanked the journalists behind the film before directly addressing the BBC, which aired the Bafta ceremony on BBC One with a delay of more than two hours: Finally, just a question for the BBC: Given you dropped our film, will you drop us from the Bafta screening later tonight? Journalist and presenter Ramita Navai also criticised the broadcaster during her speech, citing findings from the documentary's investigation into attacks on Gaza's healthcare system."
"These are the findings of our investigation that the BBC paid for but refused to show, Navai said. But we refuse to be silenced and censored. We thank Channel 4 for showing this film. Navai said more than 1,700 Palestinian doctors and healthcare workers have been killed and more than 400 have been detained during Israel's genocidal war on Palestinians in Gaza. She dedicated the award to Palestinian medical workers being held in Israeli prisons."
"The documentary, which features firsthand accounts from Palestinian health workers in Gaza, was honoured at London's Royal Festival Hall nearly a year after the BBC declined to broadcast it, citing concerns over partiality. The makers of the film slammed the BBC during their acceptance speeches at the awards on Sunday, renewing controversy over the broadcaster's decision to shelve the project before it was later aired by Channel 4."
"According to British media reports, the BBC edited portions of Navai's remarks from its televised broadcast after consultations with its compliance team. The BBC originally commissioned the documentary from the independent production company Basement Films more than a year ago but delayed its release while conduc"
A documentary about attacks on Gaza’s healthcare system won a Bafta TV Award in the current affairs category. The film, Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, includes firsthand accounts from Palestinian health workers in Gaza. The BBC declined to broadcast the documentary, citing concerns about partiality, and the project was later aired by Channel 4. During the Bafta ceremony, executive producer Ben de Pear and journalist Ramita Navai criticized the BBC directly and questioned whether the broadcaster would exclude the filmmakers from later Bafta-related screening. Navai cited findings from the documentary’s investigation and said more than 1,700 Palestinian doctors and healthcare workers have been killed and more than 400 detained, dedicating the award to medical workers held in Israeli prisons.
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