The Man from Snowy River is an Australian adventure drama television series based on Banjo Paterson's poem "The Man from Snowy River". Released in Australia as Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River, the series was subsequently released in both the United States and the United Kingdom as Snowy River: The McGregor Saga. The series follows the adventures of Matt McGregor (Andrew Clarke), a successful squatter, and his family. Matt is the hero immortalized in Banjo Paterson's poem "The Man from Snowy River", and the series is set 25 years after his famous ride. Despite sharing the name, the television series has no link to the two films The Man from Snowy River, and The Man from Snowy River II.

Synopsis

The first season was very much a soap opera with several story arcs. The primary one concerns the arrival of Matt's American nephew, who's bent on revenge, certain that Matt cheated his father out of the station Matt now owns. In subsequent seasons, there were shorter story-arcs, often featuring guest stars over a few episodes, and some episodes stood entirely on their own.

Cast

Stars and guest stars of the series included notable and future notable actors.

Main

Recurring/guests

Nomination

The Man from Snowy River was nominated for the Logie Award for Most Popular Series in 1995.

International distribution

When the series was distributed to some countries, the title was changed for various reasons. The series was aired on Family Channel in the US, BBC Two in the UK, and WIC-owned and independent stations in Canada.

Episodes

Season 1 (1994)

Season 2 (1995)

Season 3 (1995)

Season 4 (1996)

Video releases

On 27 June 1995, the pilot was released on VHS On 5 March 2002, a number of single episode videos were released on VHS. These include episodes "New Business", "Grand Opening", "Black Sheep", "Comeback", "The Grand Duke", and "Prince of Hearts" In 2003, a region 1 DVD of the series pilot was released. In 2004, season 4 was released as a 3 disk set, this time in region 4. This was followed by season 1 (3 disks) and season 2 (4 disks) in 2005, and season 3 (4 disks) in 2006. On 25 January 2005, three 2-episode DVDs from the series were released in region 1. These episodes were the same as they had previously released on VHS. In 2006, a 3-episode DVD was released in region 1, containing episodes previously released on VHS and DVD. In early 2007, a second DVD was released containing the remaining three previously released episodes. Later in 2007, a third DVD was released. Though the DVD case misreports two of the episodes as titles from the previous release, the actual contents are three never-before released episodes. In 2008, all three of their previous DVDs was released as a set. The package contained one DVD case for "There was more than one wild west!" and a new double DVD case for the other two. The erroneous episode information for the third volume was corrected on the box and the double DVD case. In 2010, a combined 2-DVD package was released containing the last two DVDs (Adventure in the Australian Outback and A Different Breed of Cowboy). In 2010, the entire series was released for region 4, commemorating the 120th anniversary of the poem. In 2011, season 1 was released for region 2 with Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish subtitles.