The Man from Snowy River is an Australian adventuredrama 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 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.
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.
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
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
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga – Black Sheep/Prince of Hearts
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
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga – There was more than one wild west!
The DVD case erroneously reports the episodes as "Foundation Day", "The Grand Duke", and "New Business".
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"
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga Trilogy Volume 1 – 3
^Jacqueline Lee Lewis, "Settlement reached in 'Snowy River' title suit", Hollywood Reporter, 28 September 1993 p 4
The Dictionary of Performing Arts in Australia – Theatre . Film . Radio . Television – Volume 1 – Ann Atkinson, Linsay Knight, Margaret McPhee – Allen & Unwin Pty. Ltd., 1996.