The Man from Snowy River (TV series)


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 television series has no relationship to the 1982 film The Man from Snowy River or the 1988 sequel The Man from Snowy River II. Instead, the series follows the adventures of Matt McGregor, 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. The first season was very much a soap opera with several story arcs, but the primary one concerns the arrival of Matt's American nephew, who's bent on revenge, certain 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. Stars and guest stars of the series included notables and future notables Andrew Clarke, Guy Pearce, Josh Lucas, Victoria Tennant, Olivia Newton John, Tracy Nelson, Lee Horsley, Dean Stockwell, Chad Lowe, Jane Badler, Wendy Hughes, Hugh Jackman, and Frances O'Connor.

Nomination

Nominated for a Logie Award for Most Popular Drama.

International distribution

When the series was distributed to some countries, the title was changed for various reasons.
CountryTitle of "Snowy River" television series
AustraliaBanjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River
United States & CanadaSnowy River: The McGregor Saga
United KingdomSnowy River: The McGregor Saga
GibraltarSnowy River

The series was aired on Family Channel in the US and UK, and on WIC-owned and independent stations in Canada.

Episodes

Season 1
1 The Race
2 Pascoe's Principles
3 Kathleen's Choice
4 Partnerships
5 Where There's Smoke
6 Tracks of Gold
7 Plans of Poison
8 Stepping Out
9 The Bushranger
10 The Rustlers
11 The Loneliness of Luke McGregor
12 Love Finds a Way
13 The Stampede
Season 2
1 The Hostage
2 The Savage Land
3 The Railroad
4 Fathers and Sons
5 The Manly Art
6 The Dry Argument
7 Servant of the People
8 The Search
9 The Lost Child
10 The Foundling
11 The Long Arm of the Law
12 The Recruit
13 The Reilly Gang
14 The Choice
15 Man and Boy
16 Flight of Fancy
17 Code of Ethics
18 The Cutting Edge
19 House of Worship
Season 3
1 A Sea of Troubles
2 Rough Passage
3 The Grand Wedding
4 Montana Territory
5 High Country Justice
6 The Question of Danni
7 The Prodigal Father: Part 1
8 The Prodigal Father: Part 2
9 Fire Boy 199
10 Blind Faith
11 Shoshoni Dreaming
12 The Trial of Hetti Lewis
13 Toy Soldiers
14 A Mid-Winter Nights Dream
15 In Duty Bound
16 The Lion and the Lamb
17 Broken Hearts
18 Deliverance
19 A New Life: Part 1
20 A New Life: Part 2
Season 4
1 Comeback
2 The Grand Opening
3 Black Sheep
4 Prince of Hearts
5 The Grand Duke
6 New Business
7 Foundation Day
8 The Lovers
9 The Claimant
10 The Loaded Deck
11 Difficult Times
12 A Son for a Son: Part 1
13 A Son for a Son: Part 2

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.
DVD NameEp#Release date
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga – The Race118 November 2003

In 2004, season 4 was released as a 3 disk set, this time in region 4. This was followed by season 1 and season 2 in 2005, and season 3 in 2006.
DVD NameEp#Release date
Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River – TV Series Season 113July 2005
Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River – TV Series Season 219December 2005
Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River – TV Series Season 320January 2006
Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River – TV Series Season 413May 2004

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.
DVD NameEp#Release dateEpisodes
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga – Black Sheep/Prince of Hearts225 January 2005-
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga – Come Back/Grand Opening225 January 2005"Come Back", "Grand Opening"
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga – Grand Duke/New Business225 January 2005"Grand Duke", "New Business"

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.
DVD NameEp#Release dateEpisodes
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga – There was more than one wild west!316 November 2006"Comeback", "The Grand Opening", "Black Sheep"
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga – Adventure in the Australian Outback33 April 2007"Prince of Hearts", "The Grand Duke", "New Business"
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga – A Different Breed of Cowboy321 August 2007"Foundation Day", "The Lovers", "The Claimant" **

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.
DVD NameEp#Release date"Episodes"
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga Trilogy Volume 1 – 362008"Comeback", "The Grand Opening", "Black Sheep"
"Prince of Hearts", "The Grand Duke", "New Business"
"Foundation Day", "The Lovers", "The Claimant"

In 2010, a combined 2-DVD package was released containing the last two DVDs.
DVD NameEp#Release date"Episodes"
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga – Adventure in the Australian Outback/A Different Breed of Cowboy69 March 2010"Prince of Hearts", "The Grand Duke", "New Business"
"Foundation Day", "The Lovers", "The Claimant"

In 2010, the entire series was released for region 4, commemorating the 120th anniversary of the poem.
DVD NameEp#Release date
Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River – The Complete Series652 April 2010
Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River – Season 1134 April 2011
Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River – Season 2194 April 2011
Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River – Season 3204 April 2011
Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River – Season 4134 April 2011

In 2011, season 1 was released for region 2 with Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish subtitles.