He spent a long time in Dallas covering the trial of Jack Ruby, who shot Kennedy's assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. In 1965, Parkin returned to the United Kingdom from Washington and began working as a reporter for the BBC's current affairs programme Panorama.
He spent a considerable amount of time in Dallas covering the trial of Jack Ruby, who shot Kennedy's assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. In 1965, Parkin returned to the United Kingdom from Washington and began working as a reporter for the BBC's current affairs programme Panorama.