800+ media figures and programme-makers condemn BBC’s Gaza documentary censorship

Media figures, including descendant of Balfour Declaration’s issuer, condemn censorship and racism after BBC bowed to Israel lobby pressure

Gary Lineker, Khalid Abdalla, Anita Rani, and Miriam Margolyes have joined well over 800 film, TV, and media workers in condemning censorship and racism after the BBC bowed to pressure from pro-Israel groups and deleted a documentary about children’s lives in Gaza during Israel’s genocide of hundreds of thousands of civilians, which they say presented an “all-too-rare perspective on the lived experiences of Palestinian children” and deserves recognition rather than censorship.

The media figures, who include twelve BBC staff, sent a letter to director-general Tim Davie, chair of the BBC board Samir Shah, chief content officer Charlotte Moore and head of news and current affairs Deborah Turness on Wednesday. It condemns the “racist” and “dehumanising” targeting of the documentary Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone and its use of Palestinian children as a ‘political football’:

Beneath this political football are children who are in the most dire circumstances of their young lives. This is what must remain at the heart of this discussion. As programme-makers, we are extremely alarmed by the intervention of partisan political actors on this issue, and what this means for the future of broadcasting in this country.

Notably, the letter is also signed by ‘K Balfour’ – BAFTA-nominated producer, playwright and director Kinvara Balfour is a descendant of Arthur Balfour, then-Foreign Secretary and later Prime Minister, whose 1917 letter declared the British Empire’s support for the creation of Israel in the homeland of Palestinians.

Other signatories include film-maker Ken Loach, journalists Zoe Williams and Gary Younge; Sara Agha, who presented the BBC documentary series The Holy Land And Us: Our Untold Stories, actors Carice van Houten, Benedict Wong and Hugh Quarshie; and presenter Nadia Sawalha. Producer-director and journalist Nada Issa said that those signing “will no longer be intimidated” by the smears and censorship of racists:

The UK film and TV industry will no longer be intimidated by those whose sole mission it is to censor the voices of the many who are defending the rights of children, the marginalised and those in desperate need. All stories have the right to be told and journalistic scrutiny should not be at the whim of those who deem certain lives unequal.

The letter also urges the BBC to refuse to delete the programme permanently or to disavow it because of “racialised smears against Palestinians outweigh[ing] journalistic ethics and public interest”.

Award-winning documentary-maker Liam O’Hare said:

Almost half of Gaza’s population are children. What they have experienced over the past 17 months is something no child deserves to ever go through. As journalists and filmmakers we have a duty to help tell their story and that’s what this film did so brilliantly. The BBC cannot allow a politicised campaign to succeed in silencing the children of Gaza.

Read the letter in full below:

Dear Samir Shah, Tim Davie and Charlotte Moore, 

We are UK-based film & TV professionals and journalists writing in support of the BBC documentary Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone, which aired on February 17 on BBC TWO and was subsequently made available on iPlayer. This film is an essential piece of journalism, offering an all-too-rare perspective on the lived experiences of Palestinian children living in unimaginable circumstances, which amplifies voices so often silenced. It deserves recognition, not politically motivated censorship.

Racist Assumptions & Weaponisation of Identity

A campaign has sought to discredit the documentary using the father of 14-year-old Abdullah Al-Yazouri, one of the film’s child protagonists. Dr Ayman Al-Yazouri served as Gaza’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture, a civil service role concerned with food production. Conflating such governance roles in Gaza with terrorism is both factually incorrect and dehumanising. This broad-brush rhetoric assumes that Palestinians holding administrative roles are inherently complicit in violence—a racist trope that denies individuals their humanity and right to share their lived experiences.

As industry professionals who craft stories for the British public, including for the BBC, we condemn the weaponisation of a child’s identity and the racist insinuation that Palestinian narratives must be scrutinised through a lens of suspicion. We urge you to reject these tactics, protect vulnerable voices, and reaffirm your commitment to stories that hold power to account. Our screens and our society depend on it. 

Child Safeguarding & Ethical Standards

The letters of complaint disregard core safeguarding principles by demanding intrusive scrutiny of Abdullah’s background. Children must not be held responsible for the actions of adults, and weaponising family associations to discredit a child’s testimony is both unethical and dangerous. The BBC’s duty of care to Abdullah, and all minors in conflict zones, must prioritise their safety, privacy, and dignity. Publishing unverified claims about his family risks exposing him to harassment or harm, in direct violation of the BBC’s International Safeguarding Policy.

Beneath this political football are children who are in the most dire circumstances of their young lives. This is what must remain at the heart of this discussion. As programme-makers, we are extremely alarmed by the intervention of partisan political actors on this issue, and what this means for the future of broadcasting in this country.

The BBC’s Responsibility

We call on you to reject attempts to have the documentary permanently removed or subjected to undue disavowals. Capitulating to such attempts to block its reinstatement on iPlayer would signal that:

–Palestinian children’s stories are only valid if their families pass arbitrary “purity tests.”

–Racialised smears against Palestinians outweigh journalistic ethics and public interest.

–Independent filmmakers can be scapegoated and censored for political purposes.

The BBC is ultimately responsible for ensuring its programming meets editorial and compliance standards. Jamie Roberts and Yousef Hammash, of Hoyo Films, are experienced journalistic filmmakers who prioritised the safety of their contributors and production team.

Censorship & Intimidation

Calls to remove the documentary from iPlayer and social media set a dangerous precedent. As media professionals, we are extremely alarmed by the intervention of political actors, including foreign diplomats, and what this means for the future of broadcasting in this country.

If every documentary made in conflict zones were subjected to this level of politicised scrutiny regarding contributors, filmmaking in these areas would become virtually impossible.

Silencing a child’s firsthand account of survival in Gaza, where over 13,000 children have been killed since October 2023, is not about compliance but about erasing Palestinian suffering. The BBC must resist political pressure aimed at suppressing narratives that humanise Palestinians.

A broadcaster cannot allow bad-faith attacks to dictate its editorial decisions. Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone is an important, well-executed documentary that license-fee payers have the right to watch. The BBC should stand by it with confidence.

Read the full list of signatories below the donation link.

Update 1 March: the number of signatories is now well over 800 and the article has been updated to.reflect that.

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Noof	Ousellam	Actor
Rubina	Pabani	Head of short form	ITN Productions
María	Palacios Cruz	Documentary Festival Director
Huiju	Park	Documentary Filmmaker
Toby	Parker Rees	Writer Director
Nikhil	Parmar	actor // writer
NIsha	Parti	Film and TV Producer	Parti Productions
Emma	Partridge	Hair & Makeup Artist for HETV
Karishma	Patel	Journalist
Guy	Paterson	Director
Rich	Peppiatt	Writer & Director
Margaret	Perry	Writer
Scarlet	Pestell	Video producer	Guardian
Miranda	Peters	Development Executive
Celia	Peterson	Filmmaker
Charlie	Phillips	Producer
Arnas	Pigulevicius	Documentary Filmmaker
Lucy	Pinder	Model
Kat	Po	Assistant Editor
Rick	Politz	Producer Director
Imogen	Pollard	Film Editor
Max	Porter	Writer
Lesley	Posso	Film Editor
Ashok	Prasad	Documentary director
Steve	Presence	Joint Acting CEO	Documentary Film Council
Jane	Preston	Director and Producer	Freelance
Emily	Pullen	Creative Producer
Indianna	Purcell	Journalist
Farah	Qayum	Executive Producer
Cassie	Quarless	Director
Hugh	Quarshie	Actor, Director
Faisal	Qureshi	Producer
Sebastien	Rabas	Director/Producer
Aysha	Rafaele	Director/Exec Producer
Shiva	Raichandani	Writer-Director
Dasa	Raimanova	Filmmaker
Ollie	Rainbird	Editor
Hussina	Raja	Artist
Monisha	Rajesh	Journalist
Anandi	Ramamurthy	Professor of Media and Culture	Sheffield Hallam University
Anuka	Ramisch	Filmmaker
ESME	Ramlal	Researcher
Rachel	Ramsay	Director / producer
Anita	Rani	broadcaster
Amy	Raphael	Journalist
Bal	Rayat	Sound recordist
Francesca	Rechere	Producer
Aisha	Riaz	Assistant Production Editor	The Guardian
Antonio	Ribeiro	Editor
Clare	Richards	Director
Amanda	Richardson	Producer
Oscar	Rickett	Journalist
Makez	Rikweda	Producer
Jane	Ripley	Designer
Salem	Rizk	Journalist
Iante	Roach	Actress/Producer/Interpreter
Nancy	Roberts	Film maker
Fran	Robertson	Producer/director	Two Step Films
Rachel	Robey	Film Producer	Wellington Films Limited
Siân	Robins-Grace	Executive Producer and screenwriter
Matthew	Robinson	Filmmaker	Migration Films Ltd
Nina	Robinson	CEO	Soundtruism
Charlotte	Rodrigues	Documentary Producer
Pauline	Roenisch	Broadcast Production Manager / Line Priducer
Izzie	Rogers	Producer
Claudio	Rojas	Retired journalist
Finlay	Rooke	Production Coordinator
Laila	Rouass	Actress
Ghizela	Rowe	Producer	Deadtree Publishing
Saskia	Rusher	TV Produxer
Alex	Rusher	Agent	Independent talent group
Alice	Russell	Filmmaker
Justin	Rutherford	2AS
Sarah	Saey	Journalist/producer
Natalja	Safronova	Director of Photography
Ceren	Sagir	Deputy news editor/ Social affairs reporter	Morning Star
Maninderpal	Sahota	Director
Mohammad	Saleh	Journalist and producer
Peter	Salisbury	Researcher
Arttu	Salmi	Film editor
María	Sanchez Abreu	Journalist
Richard	Sanders	TV Producer
Leila	Sansour	Filmmaker and journalist
Paul	Sapin	Producer/Director
Hossam	Sarhan	Film Director
Ash	Sarkar	Contributing Editor	Novara Media
Simon	Saunders	Sub editor
Georgina	Savage	Lead Podcast Producer	RAW
Nadim	Sawalha	Actor
Lara	Sawalha	Actor
Nadia	Sawalha	TV presenter
Nitin	Sawhney CBE	Composer
Meeshan	Saxena	Producer
Alexei	Sayle	Comedian Author
Felix	Schmilinsky	Cinematographer
Lisa	Scully	Producer
Jasleen Kaur	Sethi	Series Director/ Executive Producer
Laura	Seward	Director of Photography	Illuminatrix Rising
Rachel	Shabi	Journalist, author
Charlie	Shackleton	Filmmaker
Davina	Shah	Agent
Eslam	Shalaby	Managing Director	One World Information Service
Priyanka	Shankar	Journalist
Arran	Shargall	Drama evelopment Producer
Sebastian	Shehadi	Journalist
Annie	Siddons	Writer
Isabelle	Sieb	TV director
Lily Ahree	Siegel	Director
Helen	Simmons	Producer/Writer
Dominique	Sisley	Journalist
Hannah	Skolnick	Filmmaker
Robyn	Slovo	Producer
Ayoola	Smart	Actor
Megan	Smith	Writer
Emma	Smithwick	TV producer
Joe	Snelling	Documentary Director
Paul	Sng	Filmmaker
Racha	Sobratee	Writer
Benedict	Sommer	Director
Desley	Sonaike	Producer
Katherine	Speirs	Producer	Up Helly Aa
Laura	Spence	Producer	72 Films
Sarah	Spencer	Producer
Laura	Spini	Editor
Tatiana	Stark	Documentary Director	NFTS
Maggie	Steed	Actor
Polly	Steele	Film director
Anjana	Stephens	Assistant Producer
Alison	Sterling	TV and film producer
Posy	Sterling	Actor
Juliet	Stevenson	Actor
Joseph	Stevenson	Composer
Faye	Stewart	Head of Originals
Jo	Stobbs	Assistant Costume Designer
Nancy	Strang	Creative Director
Antoni	Strawa	Director
Clare	Stronge	Producer	Plainsong Films Ltd
Ewa	Stryczek	Post Production Coordinator
Tom	Stuart	Writer, Director
Mark	Summers	Film Editor
Vathana	Suppiah	Editor
Alex	Sutherland	Journalist
Ruth	Sweeney	Creative executive
Ameenah	Taher	Development Executive
Naji	Tamimi	Investigative Producer	Al Jazeera Media Network
David	Tarbox	Filmmaker
Steph	Tataryn	Casting Director
Ces	Terranova	Producer
Rajesh	Thind	Director, Writer, Producer
Delyth	Thomas	Director
Darcy	Thomas	Producer / presenter
David	Thompson	Editor
Maegan	Tillock	Documentary Producer
Yero	Timi-Biu	Writer, director, exec producer
Matthew	Tinsley	Post production supervisor	Box to box films
Georgia	Topley	Casting Director
Paul	Trainor	Motion Designer & Creative Director	Medioto Ltd
Amber	Trentham	Writer
Tom	Turner	Producer/Director
Ivan	Vahos	Edit Assistant	The Farm Post
carice	van houten	Actor
Sajid	Varda	Producer
Noemi	Varga	Filmmaker
Indira	Varma	Actor
Faryal	Velmi	Screenwriter
Misha	Vertkin	Writer/Director in Film and TV
Manjinder	Virk	Actor/ Filmmaker
Laura	Wadha	Assistant Producer
Beth	Waggitt	PM
Tim	Walker	Writer
Che	Walker	Writer
Harriet	Walter	Actor/author
Charlene	Wango	Writer/ Director
Naomi	Waring	Director
Emma	Warren	Writer
Nina	Watson	Producer
James	Watson	Producer
Eyal	Weizman	Academic	Forensic Architecture
Lucie	Wenigerova	Producer	Spring Pictures
Brian	Whitaker	Journalist
Alexander	White	Development Executive
Laura	Whitmore	Actor/ Broadcaster
Tim	Whitwell	Executive Producer
Oliver	Wickham	Actor
Zoe	Williams	Columnist	The Guardian
Hannah	Williams	Writer and editor
Harry	Williams	Writer
India	Willoughby	Broadcaster / Journalist
Amrit	Wilson	Journalist
Anna	Wistreich	Editor
Paddy	Wivell	Documentary director
Susan	Wokoma	Actor, Writer, Director
Benedict	Wong	Actor
Ka Ki	Wong	Filmmaker
Ellena	Wood	Director
Beth	Wood	First Assistant Editor
Alexandra	Wood	Film editor
Penny	Woolcock	Filmmaker
Lorna	Woolfson	Writer
Edem	Wornoo	Writer/Director
Pete	Wyer	Composer
Imogen	Wynell-Mayow	Documentary Director
Daniel	York Loh	Writer/Performer
Ross	Young	Producer / Director
Gary	Younge	Writer
Said	Zagha	Screenwriter-director
Dhivya Kate	Zech	Director
May	Ziade	Filmworker and filmmaker
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