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BBC Drops ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack’ Film As Producer Brands Director General A “PR Person”


The BBC has dropped the film 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack' after discussions about its material "reached the end of the road."

For the second time this year, the BBC has dropped a documentary film about the Israel-Hamas conflict, announcing that it will no longer move forward with Gaza: Doctors Under Attack. The BBC greenlit Doctors Under Attack last year from Basement Films, the production company run by former Channel 4 News editor Ben de Pear. The BBC’s coverage of the Gaza crisis has stoked strong feelings on both sides of the conflict, with How to Survive a Warzone illustrating the fraught nature of the debate.

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