Paul Revoir

Mar 3, 2025 | dailymail.co.uk | Sabrina Miller |Paul Revoir

Ofcom has threatened to 'step in' after the production company behind a now-disgraced BBC documentary admitted it had paid the family of a senior Hamas official. In a scathing letter addressed to BBC Chair Samir Shah, the regulator warned that it had 'ongoing concerns' about the broadcaster's failings regarding sourcing for its controversial show.

Mar 3, 2025 | thisismoney.co.uk | Sabrina Miller |Paul Revoir

Ofcom has threatened to 'step in' after the production company behind a now-disgraced BBC documentary admitted it had paid the family of a senior Hamas official. In a scathing letter addressed to BBC Chair Samir Shah, the regulator warned that it had 'ongoing concerns' about the broadcaster's failings regarding sourcing for its controversial show.

Feb 28, 2025 | dailymail.co.uk | Sabrina Miller |Paul Revoir

The BBC was under growing pressure last night to axe senior staff who oversaw the production of a Gaza documentary narrated by the son of a Hamas official. A core of executives who work on the BBC’s current affairs output are under intense scrutiny over the programme – and whether licence fee money was paid to the terror group. Politicians and campaigners said heads must roll after the corporation admitted ‘serious flaws’ in the documentary’s production.

Feb 28, 2025 | dailymail.co.uk | Sabrina Miller |Paul Revoir

Counter Terrorism police are 'assessing' whether 'police action' is required, after the BBC admitted to paying a family with ties to Hamas when making a controversial documentary about Gaza. It comes as Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is set to meet with the BBC's chair to discuss sourcing for the now disgraced program. Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone was removed from BBC iPlayer after it was revealed that its child narrator, a 14-year-old boy named Abdullah, was the son of a senior Hamas official.

Feb 28, 2025 | thisismoney.co.uk | Sabrina Miller |Paul Revoir

Counter terror police could launch a probe after the production company behind a BBC documentary admitted it had paid the family of a senior Hamas official. The programme, Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone, was removed from BBC iPlayer last month after it was revealed the child narrator, a 14-year-old boy named Abdullah, is the son of a senior Hamas official.