BBC ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack’ Clause Revealed – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC tried to insert a clause into the Gaza: Doctors Under Attack contract preventing the doc’s producer and others from being “disparaging” of the corporation or suggesting the final version that appeared on Channel 4 was “authorised or approved by the BBC.” Deadline has seen a copy of the amended clause, which Gaza: Doctors Under Attack producer Ben de Pear said on LinkedIn yesterday he refused to sign, describing it as a “double gagging clause.” The doc was commissioned by the BBC but ended up with Channel 4 this week after the BBC said “broadcasting this material risked creating a perception of partiality.” The amendment states the producer, Basement Films, which is run by de Pear, will “ensure any statements issued or authorised by third party licensees of any version of the Programme are not disparaging of the BBC.” Watch on Deadline There should also be no statements from the producer or third party licensees such as Channel 4 that “imply that any version of the Programme was authorised or approved by the BBC, or would not be broadcast or published by the BBC,” it adds. The clause, which was an amendment to the general terms of the
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