The Rich Hall BBC Four Specials Collection

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  • BBC Four
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How the West Was Lost
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14, 2008
Comedian Rich Hall goes west 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 .. show full overview
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The Dirty South
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12, 2010
Rich Hall sets his keen eye and acerbic wit on his homeland once again as he sifts truth from fiction in Hollywood's version of the southern states of the USA. Using specially shot .. show full overview
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Continental Drifters
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16, 2011
Comedian Rich Hall hits the road as he takes us on his personal journey through the road movie, which, from the earliest days of American cinema has been synonymous with American .. show full overview
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Inventing the Indian
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28, 2012
Comedian Rich Hall goes in search of the real American Indian, a people who have too often been stereotyped. This image portrayed through cinema and literature is not a true .. show full overview
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You Can Go to Hell, I'm Going to Texas
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30, 2013
Comedian Rich Hall goes to the Lone Star state in search of the real Texas and asks what it means to be a Texan. From the Alamo to the oil industry and everything in between, Rich .. show full overview
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California Stars
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20, 2014
Rich Hall continues his cultural critique of American people and places. California has always been an empty sales pitch. Its first settlements were borne of missionary zeal. It .. show full overview
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Presidential Grudge Match
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07, 2016
An examination of the sordid machinations involved in becoming president of the United States. Rich Hall looks back at some of the dirtiest and nastiest presidential campaigns of the .. show full overview
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Countrier Than You
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17, 2017
Award-winning comedian Rich Hall takes a country music journey from Tennessee to Texas to look at the movements and artists that don't get as much notoriety but have helped shape the .. show full overview
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Working for the American Dream
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04, 2018
Award-winning comedian Rich Hall explores the American dream and the dictum that came over with the very first pilgrims who set foot on Plymouth Rock - work hard and you will .. show full overview
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Red Menace
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05, 2019
2019 marks the 30th year since the fall of the Berlin Wall and, ostensibly, the end of the Cold War. In light of this, Rich Hall embarks on an examination of the relationship between the .. show full overview

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