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Builth Wells 14

David Harper is on the trail of a remarkable story – the day Buffalo Bill brought his Wild West Show to Wales.

Saddle up for a rootin’-tootin’ episode of the show from the Wild West – of Britain! Dangerously dapper David Harper hears the extraordinary story of how Buffalo Bill brought his famed Wild West Show to the quiet mid-Wales town of Builth Wells in 1904. In just one day, Bill and his teams of Native Americans and 'Rough Riders' performed two shows on the town’s park, with 180 horses, not to mention buffaloes and bears!

At the nearby Royal Welsh Showground, there’s a duel taking place between two teams of bargain hunters on the trail for treasure to take to auction. In blue are stepmum and stepdaughter Dawn and Yasmine. Riding shotgun is their expert Kate Bliss, while Thomas Forrester rustles up the reds, friends Marshall and Jackie. With a fistful of dollars – £300 to be exact – the blues spot an urn-shaped silver sugar shaker, but will it earn them any money at auction? Across at the antiques fair, Marshall gets all glassy-eyed over an iridescent art glass bowl, but Jackie isn’t keen. Then it’s off to Newtown for a showdown in Ben Lloyd’s sale room, but which team will end up riding off into the sunset?

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43 minutes

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Role Contributor
Presenter David Harper
Expert Kate Bliss
Expert Thomas Forrester
Production Manager Moira Edwards
Executive Producer Paul Tucker
Series Producer Jo Dunscombe
Director Michael Bower

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