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===United Kingdom=== Outside the US, Hall has also achieved popularity in the United Kingdom. He spends part of his time writing plays in the United States, where he has a small ranch just outside [[Livingston, Montana]]. The rest of the time is spent in [[London]], where he owns a flat. Hall is a guest on popular [[BBC]] panel quiz shows, most notably as a regular guest on ''[[QI]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0356025/filmoseries#tt0380136 |title=Filmography by TV series for Rich Hall (I): 'QI' (16 episodes) |work=IMDb |access-date=2007-08-04}}</ref> and also with appearances in ''[[8 Out of 10 Cats]]'', ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' and ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]''.<ref name="buzzcocks-ep">{{cite episode |title=Rich Hall, Amy Winehouse, Mike Peters, Fearne Cotton |series=Never Mind the Buzzcocks |series-link=Never Mind the Buzzcocks |network=BBC |airdate=2004-03-08 |season=14 |number=10}}</ref><ref name="tvcom-buzzcocks">{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/never-mind-the-buzzcocks/rich-hall-amy-winehouse-mike-peters-fearne-cotton/episode/315782/summary.html |title=Rich Hall, Amy Winehouse, Mike Peters, Fearne Cotton |work=[[TV.com]] |access-date=2007-08-04}}</ref> He has also appeared on the British stand-up comedy series [[Jack Dee]]'s ''[[Live at the Apollo (TV series)|Live at the Apollo]]''. In 2006, Hall also wrote and acted in the play ''Levelland'' at the [[Edinburgh Festival]]. Hall has had four BBC TV series of his own: ''Rich Hall's Badly Funded Think Tank'', ''[[Rich Hall's Fishing Show]]'' in 2003, ''[[Rich Hall's Cattle Drive]]'' in 2006, as well as a one-off programme about the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 American Presidential Elections]], ''Rich Hall's Election Special''. He also appeared on the [[BBC Two]] programme ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'', where he successfully managed to make a song about a [[Rover 25]] car, much to the enjoyment of host [[Jeremy Clarkson]] and the audience. After the [[September 11 attacks]], Hall was entrusted with the task of responding to the tragedy on the first subsequent edition of ''[[Have I Got News for You]]''. Hall has written and presented 90-minute documentaries about American [[film genres]], culture and history, broadcast on [[BBC Four]]. Initially these documentaries focused on film genres: ''Rich Hall's How the West Was Lost'' (first broadcast June 2008)<ref name="hallwesterns">{{cite web |title=BBC Four - Rich Hall's 'How the West Was Lost' |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c4zvh |website=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref> discusses [[Western (genre)|Westerns]], ''Rich Hall's The Dirty South'' (October 2010) challenges stereotypical Hollywood presentations of the Southern United States,<ref name="halldirtysouth">{{cite web |title=BBC Four - Rich Hall's 'The Dirty South' |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t26zf |website=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7882231/Rich-Hall-on-the-Dirty-South.html |date=July 9, 2012 |title=Rich Hall on the Dirty South |author=Rampton, James |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=April 9, 2012}}</ref> ''Rich Hall's Continental Drifters'' (November 2011) examines the American [[road movie]],<ref name="halldrifters">{{cite web |title=BBC Four - Rich Hall's Continental Drifters|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017grqt |website=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref> ''Rich Hall's [[Inventing the Indian]]'' (October 2012) discusses portrayals of Native Americans.<ref name="hallindians">{{cite web |title=BBC Four - Rich Hall's Inventing the Indian |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nqbqk |website=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref> His subsequent documentaries cover broader aspects of American culture and politics: ''Rich Hall's You Can Go to Hell, I'm Going to Texas'' (June 2013) and ''Rich Hall's California Stars'' (July 2014) focus on Texas and California respectively,<ref name="halltexas">{{cite web |title=BBC Four - Rich Hall's You Can Go To Hell, I'm Going To Texas |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036lqsz |website=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="hallcalifornia">{{cite web |title=BBC Four - Rich Hall's California Stars |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04bbfzw |website=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref> ''Rich Hall's Presidential Grudge Match'' (broadcast 7 November 2016, the day before the [[2016 United States presidential election]]) is a history of [[President of the United States|US Presidents]] and their election campaigns,<ref name="hallpresident">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0828lpl|title=BBC Four - Rich Hall's Presidential Grudge Match|website=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref> ''Rich Hall's Countrier Than You'' (March 2017) discusses [[country music]],<ref name="hallcountrier">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08j8lqb|title=BBC Four - Rich Hall's Countrier Than You|website=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref> ''Rich Hall's Working for the American Dream'' (July 2018) questions the attainability of the [[American Dream]],<ref name="halldream">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b8rc45 |title=BBC Four - Rich Hall's Working for the American Dream |website=BBC}}</ref> and ''Rich Hall's Red Menace'' (November 2019) is about the [[Cold War]].<ref name="hallredmenace">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000b1gw|title=BBC Four - Rich Hall's Red Menace|website=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref> In 2007, he returned to the Fringe with his second play, ''Best Western'', which he wrote and directed. His autumn 2009 tour included a performance at London's [[Hammersmith Apollo]], which was recorded and released in November 2009 as a live DVD. In 2009, he performed at the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] in two shows, his solo stand up and also with longtime collaborator Mike Wilmot and [[Montana]]-based actor Tim Williams in a new play entitled ''Campfire Stories''. On April 5, 2010, Hall appeared as one of the stand-up acts on ''[[Channel 4's Comedy Gala]]'', a benefit show organized by [[Channel 4]] to raise money for [[Great Ormond Street Hospital|Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital]]. Hall was a regular performer on Channel 4's ''[[Stand Up for the Week]]'', which began in June 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=Channel 4 lines up topical standup show hosted by Patrick Kielty |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/jun/14/channel-4-standup-show-patrick-kielty |work=[[The Guardian]] |first=Mark |last=Sweney |date=June 14, 2010 |access-date=July 3, 2010}}</ref> In January 2015, Hall started a comedy tour of the UK called ''3:10 to Humour''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a615836/rich-hall-announces-310-to-humour-tour-dates.html#~pdvfwx0t4Nqngc |title=Rich Hall announces '3:10 to Humour' tour dates |publisher=Digital Spy |date=December 10, 2014 |access-date=January 20, 2017}}</ref> Hall also frequently appears in episodes of ''[[Very British Problems]]''.
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