Lisa Nandy trying to bully BBC over its Gaza coverage, says Wolf Hall director

Exclusive: Peter Kosminsky accuses government of acting like tinpot dictatorship' in pressuring director general

One of television's most prominent directors has accused the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, of attempting to bully the BBC" over its coverage of Gaza, following her repeated attacks on its director general, Tim Davie.

Peter Kosminsky, the writer and director of the BBC drama Wolf Hall, claimed the government was acting like a tinpot dictatorship" in heaping political pressure on Davie.