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BBC Scraps Pledge to Show Gaza Medics Documentary ‘As Soon as Possible’
The corporation has shelved plans to broadcast the harrowing Gaza: Medics Under Fire film pending an ‘ongoing review’ into its coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict in another programme. Iain Overton reports
The BBC has dropped its previous commitment to broadcast the documentary Gaza: Medics Under Fire “as soon as possible”, Byline Times has learned – a shift in position that followed weeks of mounting criticism of its coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict.
The documentary, produced by Basement Films, captures the experiences of Palestinian medics working under Israeli bombardment. According to the film-makers, it has been “fact-checked, complied, and signed-off multiple times within the BBC” – but it remains shelved pending an internal review into another documentary.
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