''Rich Hall's Cattle Drive'' is a

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sitcom A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of character (arts), characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent settin ...

starring

Rich Hall Richard Travis Hall (born June 10, 1954) is an American comedian, writer, director, actor, and musician, first coming to prominence as a sketch comedian in the 1980s. He wrote and performed for a range of American networks, in series such as ...

and

Mike Wilmot Mike Wilmot is a Canadian stand-up comedian represented by Off the Kerb. In 2005 he won two Canadian Comedy Awards for best male stand-up and best actor for his work in '' It's All Gone Pete Tong''. In addition to ''It's All Gone Pete Tong'', Wilm ...

. It was broadcast in 2006 in the United Kingdom on

BBC Four BBC Four is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was launched on 2 March 2002

, and ran for one series consisting of six episodes. It has been repeated on BBC Four but has not been shown on British terrestrial television.

Plot

After spending a night in jail for attacking a burglar, Rich and Mike (playing themselves) decide that the only way to avoid what they perceive to be the warped justice of the legal system in the UK is to become outlaws and live like

cowboy A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the ''vaquero'' ...

s in 21st century Britain, riding out of

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on horse-back.

Cast

– Himself / U. Horst Nightmare

– Himself
Simon Evans – Melvin Turpin

Ralph Brown Ralph William John Brown (born 18 June 1957) is an English actor and writer, known for playing Danny the drug dealer in '' Withnail and I'', the security guard Aaron (a.k.a. "85") in ''Alien 3'', DJ Bob Silver in '' The Boat That Rocked'' aka ...

– Truesdale
Archie Kelly – Clement

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0775396, Rich Hall's Cattle Drive 2006 British television series debuts 2006 British television series endings BBC television sitcoms