And as for John Dutton III, whos our equivalent?
The American state of Montana is big.Properlybig.
So big that we Brits cant quite grasp how very big it is.
The setting for Paramount ranch dramaYellowstonebleeds outside the page gutters of the UK mind.
Montana isnt just big, but compared to the UK, its also empty.
We dont have to imagine it.
Is there a John Dutton equivalent on British television?
Lets toss around some options: First,Downton AbbeysRobert Crawley, the 7thEarl of Grantham.
Both are custodians of inherited estates theyve sworn to protect, with a question mark over their potential successors.
Tommy Shelby ofPeaky Blinderscould make for a closer comparison.
He also rides horses, and also shoots them in the head when the occasion calls for it.
Ultimately though, Tommys socialist political career and anti-fascist activism in later series distance him from Duttons conservative appeal.
In Britain, cowboys are people caught byDom Littlewoodon hidden camera installing faulty boilers.
In the UK, no one family could own a farm bigger than Rhode Island.
The Windsors might come close, but compared toYellowstones ranchers, theyre land-owning amateurs.
A major difference is that UK drama tends to struggle to take things quite as seriously asYellowstonedoes.
See the US-produced but largely UK-written and comedy-slantedSuccession-perhapsYellowstones closest comparison in overarching plot for an illustration.
Theyd say mustnt grumble and nice weather for ducks!.
As a result, theyd lack the ability to intimidate when going up against billionaire antagonists.
Despite all the differences, there is obviously some overlap.
Energy companies are also the baddies over here.
Oil drilling controversies are also absolutely a thing here too, though a distant one for most of us.
Johns ways are the old ways, and theyre alien to more than just us Brits.
Episodes 1 3 of Yellowstone Season 4 starts on Paramount Plus UK on August 17th.
