The Man from Snowy River (TV series)

The Man from Snowy River
Cover of DVD Box Set – Season 4
Also known as	Snowy River: The McGregor Saga
Starring	Andrew Clarke Wendy Hughes Brett Climo Hugh Jackman Guy Pearce Joelene Crnogorac Sheryl Munks Kristie Raymond Josh Lucas Amanda Douge James Sherry
Country of origin	Australia
No. of episodes	65
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Release
Original network	Nine Network
Original 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 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 (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. 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, , Chad Lowe, Jane Badler, Wendy Hughes, Hugh Jackman, and Frances O'Connor.