Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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"The scene is set for a showdown, on a windswept council estate in Melksham."

Nationwide's John Stapleton travels to the wild west... of Wiltshire, to meet Big Dave Rio - an unemployed truck driver who holds the coveted title of Britain's "fast draw" champion. Dave reckons he can draw and fire his pistol in a quarter of a second, and is currently in training to defend his title. He'll face stiff competition from Alan - a local pastry roller who goes by the moniker Texas Red, and the legendary Wally Dinsdale of Warrington - who really needs no further introduction.


Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, 16 May, 1975.





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