Gaza Doctors Film Wins BAFTA, Producers Criticize BBC

Producers of the documentary "Gaza Doctors Under Attack" used their acceptance speech at the 2026 BAFTA Television Awards to criticize the BBC for commissioning but ultimately not broadcasting the film. The program won the Current Affairs category award during the ceremony on Sunday evening at London's Royal Festival Hall.

Ramita Navai, a journalist involved in the production, and executive producer Ben de Pear accepted the award on stage. Navai stated that the film detailed findings including the deaths of over 1,700 Palestinian doctors and healthcare workers, the targeting of every hospital in Gaza, and the imprisonment of over 400 medical personnel, which she described as what the UN now calls the medicide. "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."

De Pear dedicated the award to more than 80 Palestinian doctors held in detention centers, which Israeli human rights groups have described as torture camps, as well as to two journalists who filmed on location amid the deaths of over 250 colleagues. He then addressed the BBC directly,...