''Snowy'' is an Australian television drama thriller series that screened on the

Nine Network Nine Network (stylised 9Network, and commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of the five main free-to-air television ...

in 1993 and was produced by Simpson Le Mesurier Films. The program was not renewed for a second season.

Synopsis

''Snowy'' was set around the project to build the

Snowy Mountains The Snowy Mountains, known informally as "The Snowies", is an IBRA subregion in southern New South Wales, Australia, and is the tallest mountain range in mainland Australia, being part of the continent's Great Dividing Range, a cordillera syste ...

Hydro-Electric Scheme in 1949. The Logan family run a small hotel in the remote and peaceful township of

Cooma Cooma is a town in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It is located south of the national capital, Canberra, via the Monaro Highway. It is also on the Snowy Mountains Highway, connecting Bega, New South Wales, Bega with the Riverina. ...

. The building of the Snowy project turns the Snowy Mountains region into a wild new frontier with the surge of hopeful immigrants, shady hustlers and colourful characters.

Cast

Rebecca Gibney Rebecca Catherine Gibney is a New Zealand actress known for her roles on Australian television in '' The Flying Doctors'', '' Halifax f.p.'', ''Packed to the Rafters'', ''Winter'' and '' Wanted''. She has also featured in a number of Australia ...

as Lilian Anderson * Neil Melville as Jack Logan *

Lucy Bell Lucy Bell (born 23 December 1968) is an English-born Australian actress who appears in Australian television, film and theatre. Early life Bell was born in 1968 in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom, to Australian actor/director John Bell an ...

as Kate Logan * Bernard Curry as Michael Logan *

Catherine Wilkin Catherine Wilkin (born October 1950) is a New Zealand actor who has worked in New Zealand and Australia. Career Wilkin has acted in many Australian television shows, with a mix of guest and multi-episode recurring roles. She played the recur ...

as Molly Logan * Jochen Horst as Wolfie Heimer *

Annie Jones Ann Jones (or similar) may refer to: Writers *Ann Jones (author) (born 1937), American writer on women's issues *Anne Jones (writer) (born 1955), Australian editor and administrator *Anna Jones (food writer), columnist and cookbook author *Cathe ...

as Eva Kovac *

William McInnes Darryl William McInnes (born 10 September 1963) is an Australian film and television actor and writer. He is best known for his roles as Senior Constable Nick Schultz in ''Blue Heelers'', as Max Connors in '' SeaChange'', and more recently as ...

as Max Heimer * Charlie Powles as Bernie O'Donnell *

Bill Kerr William Henry Kerr (10 June 1922 – 28 August 2014) was a British and Australian actor, comedian and vaudevillian. Born in South Africa, he started his career as a child actor in Australia, before emigrating to Britain after the Second World W ...

as Stuart McLachlan * Wynn Roberts as Alf Rutherford *

Cliff Ellen Cliff Ellen (born 22 March 1936) is an Australian character actor who played a prominent guest role on the soap opera ''Neighbours'' as Charlie Cassidy. His first role was in ''Homicide''. His credits include '' Crackerjack'', '' Garbo'', and ...

as Cec Brookes * Mike Bishop as Les Tremain * Alan Fletcher as Harry Jarvis (1 episode) * Brett Climo as Gordon King (1 episode) * Jacek Koman as Jenda (1 episode)

Episodes

Home media

Umbrella Entertainment released the complete series in May 2013 on DVD, Blu-Ray and on their steaming site.

Content Held By (National Film and Sound Archives)

References

External links

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Snowy
at the Australian Television Information Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Snowy Nine Network original programming 1993 Australian television series debuts 1993 Australian television series endings 1990s Australian drama television series Television series by Beyond Television Productions