Overview

• The documentary was commissioned from Basement Films over a year ago to document the experiences of frontline medics in Gaza.
• In April the BBC paused production pending a review into How To Survive a Warzone, which was pulled in February after its narrator’s Hamas connections emerged.
• Executives concluded that airing any footage risked creating a perception of bias and decided against using the film in news bulletins.
• Ownership of the material is being handed back to Basement Films after weeks of discussions to find an impartial way to share the doctors’ stories.
• Hundreds of film and TV professionals, including Susan Sarandon and Frankie Boyle, petitioned the BBC to broadcast the film while producer Ben de Pear criticised Director-General Tim Davie’s PR-driven editorial approach.