Editing That Was the Week That Was (section)

===Kennedy tribute===
''TW3'' produced a shortened 20-minute programme with no satire for the edition on Saturday, 23 November 1963, the day after the [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassination of President John F. Kennedy]]. It featured a contribution from Dame [[Sybil Thorndike]] and Millicent Martin performing the tribute song "[[In the Summer of His Years (song)|In the Summer of His Years]]" by [[Herbert Kretzmer]]. This was screened on [[NBC]] the following day, and the soundtrack was released by [[Decca Records]]. A clip featuring [[Roy Kinnear]] was shown in the [[David L. Wolper]] documentary film ''[[Four Days in November]]'' and on the History Channel 2009 documentary ''JFK: 3 Shots that Changed America''. BBC presenter [[Richard Dimbleby]] broadcast the [[State funeral of John F. Kennedy|president's funeral]] from Washington, and he said that the programme was a good expression of the sorrow felt in Britain.<ref>{{cite news|title=A British Program Honoring Kennedy Shown Over NBC|date=25 November 1963|newspaper=The New York Times|page=10|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/11/25/archives/a-british-program-honoring-kennedy-shown-over-nbc.html}}</ref>