The Man from Snowy River | |
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Also known as | Snowy River: The McGregor Saga |
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Country of origin | Australia |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 65 |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
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Network | Nine Network |
Release | 1993 – 1996 |
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. [1] 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 .
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.
Stars and guest stars of the series included notable and future notable actors.
The Man from Snowy River was nominated for the Logie Award for Most Popular Series in 1995. [2]
When the series was distributed to some countries, the title was changed for various reasons.
Country | Title |
Australia | Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River |
United States & Canada | Snowy River: The McGregor Saga |
United Kingdom | |
Ireland | |
Gibraltar | Snowy River |
Iran |
The series was aired on Family Channel in the US, BBC Two in the UK, and WIC-owned and independent stations in Canada.
On 27 June 1995, the pilot was released on VHS [3]
On 5 March 2002, a number of single episode videos were released on VHS. These include episodes "New Business", [4] "Grand Opening", [5] "Black Sheep", [6] "Comeback", [7] "The Grand Duke", [8] and "Prince of Hearts" [9]
In 2003, a region 1 DVD of the series pilot was released.
DVD Name | Ep# | Release date |
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Snowy River: The McGregor Saga – The Race | 1 | 18 November 2003 [10] |
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. [11]
DVD Name | Ep# | Release date |
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Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River – TV Series Season 1 | 13 | July 2005 |
Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River – TV Series Season 2 | 19 | December 2005 |
Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River – TV Series Season 3 | 20 | January 2006 |
Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River – TV Series Season 4 | 13 | May 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 Name | Ep# | Release date | Episodes |
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Snowy River: The McGregor Saga – Black Sheep/Prince of Hearts | 2 | 25 January 2005 [12] | |
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga – Come Back/Grand Opening | 2 | 25 January 2005 [13] | "Come Back", "Grand Opening" |
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga – Grand Duke/New Business | 2 | 25 January 2005 [14] | "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 Name | Ep# | Release date | Episodes |
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Snowy River: The McGregor Saga – There was more than one wild west! | 3 | 16 November 2006 [15] | "Comeback", "The Grand Opening", "Black Sheep" |
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga – Adventure in the Australian Outback | 3 | 3 April 2007 [16] | "Prince of Hearts", "The Grand Duke", "New Business" |
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga – A Different Breed of Cowboy | 3 | 21 August 2007 [17] | "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 Name | Ep# | Release date | "Episodes" |
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Snowy River: The McGregor Saga Trilogy Volume 1 – 3 | 6 | 2008 [18] | "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 (Adventure in the Australian Outback and A Different Breed of Cowboy).
DVD Name | Ep# | Release date | "Episodes" |
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Snowy River: The McGregor Saga – Adventure in the Australian Outback/A Different Breed of Cowboy | 6 | 9 March 2010 [19] | "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 Name | Ep# | Release date |
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Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River – The Complete Series | 65 | 2 April 2010 [20] |
Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River – Season 1 | 13 | 4 April 2011 [21] |
Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River – Season 2 | 19 | 4 April 2011 [22] |
Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River – Season 3 | 20 | 4 April 2011 [23] |
Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River – Season 4 | 13 | 4 April 2011 [24] |
In 2011, season 1 was released for region 2 with Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish subtitles.
Geoff Burrowes producer of the Snowy River films sued the producers of the series for using the title. The case settled out of court. [25]
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