How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears
2014 · BBC Four · 60 min · 1 season
S01E03 · Deserts
Fri, 6 June, 6:00 am
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.
About
Series in which Ray Mears explores how the awesome wilderness of the North American continent shaped the story of the Wild West.
Episodes
- E01
Mountains
Fri, 23 May· 60 minHow 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
Fri, 30 May· 60 minRay 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
Fri, 6 June· 60 minRay 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
Presenter