Rich Hall's 'How the West was Lost'

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Synopsis

Comedian Rich Hall travels around the US as he tries to find out what killed off that most quintessentially American of all film genres, the Western. Through films such as The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, Little Big Man, The Wild Bunch and Unforgiven, he charts the rise and fall of America's obsession with its own creation myth and explores how the image of the cowboy as a moral, straight-talking heroic figure was created by Hollywood but appropriated by Washington.

Credits

Presenter

Rich Hall

Broadcasts

1. Sat 14 Jun 2008
   21:00
   BBC Four
2. Sun 15 Jun 2008
   01:40
   BBC Four
3. Sun 15 Jun 2008
   22:00
   BBC Four
4. Mon 16 Jun 2008
   23:45
   BBC Four
5. Tue 17 Jun 2008
   02:45
   BBC Four
6. Tue 2 Sep 2008
   00:25
   BBC Four