BBC bosses pulled our film on Israel attacking Gaza’s medics. Here’s why

Ben de Pear & Ramita Navai

The producers' story of how the corporation repeatedly delayed and ultimately shelved their damning documentary

“Ramita, oh, how brilliant that you’re here.” The senior BBC executives could not mask their surprise that Ramita Navai, the reporter of the film they had commissioned on the destruction of Gaza’s health service, had turned up to a meeting they had not invited her to.

They had not invited her because, as it turned out, the point of the meeting was to set her up as the fall guy.