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lapucelle

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Tue Jul 15, 2025, 12:22 PM Tuesday

BBC documentary narrated by a Hamas official's son breached accuracy guideline [View all]

Documentary breached editorial guidelines

A BBC report has concluded that a documentary about the lives of children in Gaza breached editorial guidelines on accuracy.

The film was pulled from iPlayer in February after it emerged the 13-year-old narrator was the son of a Hamas official.

The review also found three members of the independent production company knew of the father's position, but no-one within the BBC knew this at the time.

However, the report criticised the BBC team for not being "sufficiently proactive" with initial editorial checks, and for a "lack of critical oversight of unanswered or partially answered

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