Producer of a film about medicine Gauze It dropped by the BBC, accused the corporation to try to push him and others because of his decision not to show a documentary.
Program, Gaza: Doctors under attackIt is finally broadcast on Channel 4 Wednesday night, recounts hospitals on territory overwhelmed, bombed and searched. Medicines also retell that they are detained and give claims to bother. It was originally needed to start on the BBC.
Ben De Pear, Executive Producer Program and former Channel 4 The news editor, accused the BBC attempt to prevent it from talking about his “painful journey” using legal gagging clauses.
“I refused and I refused to sign the double gagging of the BBC boss clauses tried several times to make me sign” he said. “Not only were we sued for saying the BBC refused to air aircraft (tangible and proven true), but even if any other company said that, BBC could sue us.
“Not only we couldn’t say the truth already listed, but I can’t do anyone else either. The reader, I didn’t sign it.”
Instead, he said, he said, criticizing the Director General of the BBC, Tim Davie, at a conference in Sheffield for the decision to pull the film. “All decisions about our film did not take over journalists, they took them to Tim Davie,” he said at the time. “He’s just a PR person. Tim Davie takes editorial decisions that, honestly, he is not capable of making.
“The main purpose of the BBC is TV news and current jobs, and if it does not matter, which drama does or the sports are blamed. It is unsuccessful as an institution. And if it doesn’t work.
The BBC did not comment on his accusations. The insider said that the basement films, a production company in Peru, was only signed by a standard clause, which is obliged to license the corporation before being involved in public about one of its shows. It is understood that it is controversial to bask movies.
The sources of the BBC suggested that the broadcaster was trying to find ways to use documentary in news, but the final decision was given to fall out the film in Public Comments in Sheffield. This timeline is also contentious. Once the BBC hand you control back into basement movies, the source of the BBC said it stopped that this was the film of the broadcaster.
They also claimed that it was untrue that the BBC tried to push him to talk about the film, pointing out public statements about it. They also pointed to the public statement of the BBC, made last month, clearly stating that he rejected the project.
Comments in Peser Follow the publication Letter signed anonymous more than 100 employees from the BBC Criticize the decision on giving up on the film. The letter also questioned the role of Robbie Gibb, former physician of the Mai and the Member of the BBC Board and the Committee on Editorial Standards.
Gibb led a consortium that Jewish chronicles bought 2020. years and, to August 2024. year, was the director of Jewish chronic media. The BBC said he did not have a “formal role” over decisions made in relation to the film Gaza.
Before you dropped the documentary Meddics, the BBC said to delay the emission to the report to another documentary film, Gaza: How to survive the Varzon, it was completed.
That program was pulled from IPlayer at the beginning of this year after It turned out to be her 13-year narrator was the son of Hamas officer. Review in its production continues.
