on May 12, 2025, 12:51 am
Surprise, surprise, it's for "Ukraine: Enemy In The Woods".
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Producer of Gaza documentary pledges to tell more stories after receiving Bafta
Sarah Ping, PA
Sun 11 May 2025 at 10:22 pm BST
The producer of a controversial Gaza documentary has pledged to continue telling stories after winning a Bafta.
Filmmaker Jamie Roberts took home the award for best Single Documentary at the 2025 Bafta TV Awards for directing Ukraine: Enemy In The Woods.
He also directed and produced the documentary Gaza: How To Survive a Warzone, but it was removed from BBC iPlayer early this year after the broadcaster said it had “identified serious flaws” in the making of the programme.
The BBC apologised and said it would be conducting a review of the programme.
Roberts said he was confident he would be able to continue making films telling important stories after the BBC concludes its investigation.
The filmmaker did not comment on the investigation when asked at the winners’ room after collecting his prize.
“I’m confident we’ll be able to keep making films telling important stories. I can’t talk about the inquiry at the moment,” he said.
He added that the “world is on fire at the moment” but has pledged to continue filmmaking because “there’s so many important stories to tell”.
He was awarded the Bafta for directing the BBC documentary, which portrays the lives of Ukrainian soldiers on the front line as filmed by them...
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/producer-gaza-documentary-pledges-tell-212220259.html
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