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The Wild West

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: on BBC One London

Drama-documentary about Billy the Kid, notorious gunman of the Wild West. The nation's most wanted man, his killing of a county sheriff earned him a death sentence; yet in his lifetime the governor of New Mexico secretly promised Billy a pardon. Today the current state governor is planning a retrial to re-examine the evidence behind Billy's conviction. What is the case for the defence of a man who lived and died by the gun? Show less

Contributors

Billy the Kid:
David Leon

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