Wild West (TV series)
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Simon Nye |
| Starring | Dawn French Catherine Tate Bill Bailey |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC One |
| Original run | October 2002 – 2004 |
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Wild West was a situation comedy beginning in October 2002 and ran until 2004 (12 episodes) starring Dawn French and Catherine Tate. It was described as a dark comedy from the pen of Simon Nye and was filmed on location in Cornwall. Set in the hamlet of St Gweep, Wild West observes the strange goings-on in the local Cornish community. Shop owners Mary Trewednack and her life-partner Angela are the main focus but there are many other strange characters in this sitcom.
The first series of the sitcom was scheduled to appear on prime-time BBC1 where its eccentricities met with a poor critical and popular response, but a second series was commissioned and both series have received retrospective praise.
Most of the sitcom was filmed in the village of Portloe in Cornwall.
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Series One
| Ep. | Title | Airdate | Overview |
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| 1 | One Home Good, Two Homes Bad | 22 October 2002 | Huge bags of Tupperware from a shipwreck wash up on the beach in St Gweep and the locals are whipped into a scavenging frenzy, meanwhile Harry decides to lead a campaign against people who buy up property in the town for use as holiday homes. |
| 2 | Fear of Bungee | 29 October 2002 | A local bungee jump is set up temporarily in the town and the locals are wary, Angela is determined to jump - although with her "lucky charm". Mary takes on the task of handling vandalism in the town. |
| 3 | Swingers | 5 November 2002 | The whole town is aware of Jeff's secret swingers parties at the pub, Mary decides to go along to one, Angela sends the police in to perform a raid. |
| 4 | Tin, Tin, Tin | 19 November 2002 | Angela finds herself elected "power cut czar" by PC Alan when the towns electricity supply is cut off for several days. Jake has the only generator and charges exorbitant prices for batteries, use of televisions, computers and showers. Mary successfully plays matchmaker with Holly and Harry, but then must work to split them up. |
| 5 | A Problem Shared Is A Problem Doubled | 26 November 2002 | Mary gets her hands on a body piercing kit and proceeds to offer piercings to anyone and everyone - even though it did not come with any instructions. Angela is reminded of the day she had to run at school in her underwear, when her former headmistress shows up in St Gweep. |
| 6 | Un, Deu, Tri, Figo, Quiggly | 3 December 2002 | Holly embarks on a mission to raise awareness and knowledge of the Cornish language while a Londoner seduces Angela and wants to take her back to the city. |
