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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Tara Conlan

Doctors and whistleblowers in delayed Gaza film threaten to pull out

A portrait shot of Ben de Pear, the founder of Basement Films.
Ben de Pear, the founder of Basement Films. The company is now running films from other doctors in Gaza on its social media. Photograph: Felix Clay

Doctors and whistleblowers who featured in a much-delayed Gaza documentary that the BBC was accused of censoring by Susan Sarandon, Gary Lineker and other cultural figures, are threatening to withdraw their consent due to the continued refusal to broadcast the film.

This month it emerged that the BBC had shelved broadcasting Gaza: Medics Under Fire, which was ready to air in February, until it finishes investigating a separate, unrelated film called Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, which was pulled from iPlayer after it emerged its young narrator was the son of a Hamas official.

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