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How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

BBC Four Ended Nature Travel History

1 Season · 3 Episodes · Premiered October 4, 2004 · Ended June 5, 2014

Series in which Ray Mears explores how the awesome wilderness of the North American continent shaped the story of the Wild West.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

3 episodes
E01
Mountains
Thu, May 22 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
How the landscapes of America's three great mountain ranges - the Appalachians, the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada - challenged the westward push of the early pioneers.
E02
Great Plains
Thu, May 29 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
Ray Mears finds out how 500,000 square miles of flat, treeless grassland was the setting for Wild West stories of Indians, wagon trains, homesteaders and cattle drives.
E03
Deserts
Thu, Jun 5 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
Ray Mears looks at how the landscapes of America's five great deserts, from the Great Basin desert to Arizona's Sonoran desert, challenged the westward push of the pioneers.

Cast

Ray Mears
Ray Mears as Presenter
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