Panorama Panorama Special: The Premiership
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Panorama Special: The Premiership

TV Episode | Documentary, News

Live edition on the night that Her Majesty the Queen asked Alec Douglas-Home to be Prime Minister, following Harold Macmillan's sudden resignation due to ill health.

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Updated Oct 18, 1963

Release date

Oct 18, 1963 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

11 wins & 14 nominations

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Robin Day Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	Sykes and a Big Big Show (1971)
Alec Douglas-Home Self (archive footage) (as Lord Home) Self (archive footage) (as Lord Home) See fewer	Reputations (1979)
Robert McKenzie Self - Reporter Self - Reporter See fewer	Yes Minister (1980)
John Morgan Self - Reporter Self - Reporter See fewer	Report from Britain (1965)
Humphry Berkeley Self (as Humphry Berkeley M.P.) Self (as Humphry Berkeley M.P.) See fewer	Panorama (I) (1953)
Nigel Birch Self (as Rt. Hon. Nigel Birch M.P.) Self (as Rt. Hon. Nigel Birch M.P.) See fewer	Panorama (I) (1953)
R.A. Butler Self (archive footage) (as Rab Butler) Self (archive footage) (as Rab Butler) See fewer	Reputations (1979)
Henry Fairlie Self Self See fewer	Wednesday Magazine (1958)
Edward Heath Self (as Rt. Hon. Edward Heath M.P.) Self (as Rt. Hon. Edward Heath M.P.) See fewer	Piano Party (1976)
Lord Longford Self Self See fewer	The Treaty (1991)
Harold Macmillan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The First World War (2003)
Herbert Morrison Self (as Lord Morrison of Lambeth) Self (as Lord Morrison of Lambeth) See fewer	This Week (1956)
Ray Scherer Self - Whitehouse Correspondent, NBC Self - Whitehouse Correspondent, NBC See fewer	Chet Huntley Reporting (1957)
Hugh Trevor-Roper Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	The Motorola Television Hour (1953)
Patrick Gordon Walker Self (as Rt. Hon. Patrick Gordon Walker M.P.) Self (as Rt. Hon. Patrick Gordon Walker M.P.) See fewer	Panorama (I) (1953)
Rebecca West Self - Friend (as Dame Rebecca West) Self - Friend (as Dame Rebecca West) See fewer	Reds (1981)
Peregrine Worsthorne Self Self See fewer	World in Action (1963)