Hell on Wheels vs When Calls the Heart
When Calls the Heart has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.6/10 for Hell on Wheels). Hell on Wheels is the older of the two (2011 against 2014). Both are drama, western shows, so they suit a similar mood.
Hell on Wheels
When Calls the Heart| Hell on Wheels | When Calls the Heart | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2014 |
| Seasons | 5 | 13 |
| Genres | Drama, Western | Drama, Western |
| Country | – | – |
| Creator / director | Joe Gayton, Tony Gayton | Brian Bird, Michael Landon Jr. |
| Main cast | Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Robin McLeavy, Christopher Heyerdahl, Phil Burke | Erin Krakow, Pascale Hutton, Jack Wagner, Martin Cummins |
Synopsis
Hell on Wheels
The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.
When Calls the Heart
Elizabeth Thatcher, a young school teacher from a wealthy Eastern family, migrates from the big city to teach school in a small coal mining town in the west.
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