BBC Says ‘Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone’ Producers Hid Narrator’s Hamas Connections, As Corporation Launches In-Depth Review

February 27, 2025 11:31am

The BBC has revealed that the producers behind the controversial Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone doc were aware of the narrator’s links to Hamas.

In an unprecedented in-depth statement following a BBC Board meeting, a BBC spokesperson said producer HOYO Films, which is run by the doc’s director Jamie Roberts, have “acknowledged since transmission that they knew that the boy’s father was a Deputy Agriculture Minister in the Hamas Government.”

The BBC said it identified serious flaws in the doc, with some of the flaws made by the production company and some were made by the BBC.

“BBC News takes full responsibility for these and the impact that these have had on the Corporation’s reputation,” said the spokesperson. “We apologise for this.”

The show will remain off iPlayer and will not be repeated until an in-depth review is competed by Peter Johnston, who conducted the recent probe into Russell Brand. We have previously contacted Roberts for comment about the doc.

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