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Madam, - As a fan of old cowboy films, may I thank TG4 for its enjoyable prime-time screening of that genre every Friday night…

Madam, - As a fan of old cowboy films, may I thank TG4 for its enjoyable prime-time screening of that genre every Friday night?

Under the delightfully incongruous series title "An Western", I can look forward to the rhythm of horses' hooves, the therapeutic grandeur of the open range, the reassuring line-up of stock characters and settings, and the underlying battle between good and evil.

The pre-Christmas offering was one of the best: Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn in Last Train from Gun Hill(1959), directed by John Sturges.

- Yours, etc,

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OLIVER McGRANE, Marley Avenue, Dublin 16.