7.5/1021 votes#1 - Custer's Last Stand
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/27/2007
This episode sheds new light upon the anathemised General Custer, questioning the standard view of him as an incompetent and vainglorious idiot and presenting him as an intelligent and ruthless man, whose last battle could easily have been a victory if things had gone as he'd planned.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1041 votes#2 - Billy the Kid
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/6/2007
Billy the kid, the most notorious figure of the wild west, is on trial again... this time the world's three leading experts, re-examining old evidence and pondering letters from Billy the Kid that have never been seen before, try to determine just how guilty he was, and whether the then governor of New Mexico, Lew Wallace, really had promised Billy a pardon, and if so, why? Was Billy the Kid the psychopathic killer history says he is or was he completely different from the legend that has built up around him?
Director: N/A
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7.4/1022 votes#3 - The Gunfight at the OK Corral
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/13/2007
The gun fight at the okay corral is, perhaps, the most famous shootout in history. In thirty seconds a new image in legend was born - the legend of the Righteous Lawman. But what was Wyatt Earp truly like? After the gunfight at the OK Corral Earp was not seen as a hero. He was charged with murder and put on trial for his life. Was he a 'Righteous Lawman' fighting for justice and equality, or was he just a ruthless enforcer, hardly bett...
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Drama-documentary series telling the story of the American West and its people.
Genres:DocumentaryDrama
Network:BBC One
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Custer's Last Stand" is the best rated episode of "The Wild West" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 21 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/27/2007. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Billy the Kid".