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 considerable time in Dallas covering the trial of Jack Ruby, who assassinated Oswald, Kennedy's killer. In 1965, Parkin returned to the UK from Washington and began working as a reporter for the BBC's current affairs programme Panorama.