The makers of Bafta-winning doc Gaza: Doctors Under Attack have said they “refuse to silenced and censored”, calling out the BBC for not showing it.
Collecting the award for best current affairs programme at last night’s ceremony, journalist Ramita Navai listed Palestinian casualties of the Gaza conflict and reminded the audience that the BBC had funded the film but “refused to show” it.
Basement Films founder Ben de Pear, who executive produced the doc, goaded the BBC by asking: “Will you crop us from the Bafta screening?”
Their remarks were kept in for BBC1’s time-delayed broadcast of the awards.
Off-screen, De Pear told journalists that Channel 4, which aired the programme, hd received no complaints from its audience of around half a million viewers.
C4 picked it up after the BBC dropped it amid concerns about opinions Navai expressed on social media, with a previous Gaza doc, Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone, also under review.
Other winners
Awards favourite Adolescence continued its hot streak, with a win in the limited drama category and actors Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper and Christine Tremarco each picking up their first Baftas.
Rogan Productions’ Netflix film Grenfell: Uncovered was named best single documentary while Passion Pictures’ C4 commission See No Evil won the documentary series category.
Meanwhile, Minnow Films’ C4 series Go Back to Where You Came From won the factual entertainment prize and Studio Lambert’s BBC1 smash The Celebrity Traitors cleaned up in the reality and memorable moment categories.
