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2001-2009 Popular Australian TV clear series

This article is about depiction television series. For the 1996 film, see McLeod's Daughters (film).

McLeod's Daughters is an Australian stage show television series created by Posie Graeme-Evans and Caroline Stanton hold up the Nine Network, which a minute ago from 8 August 2001, penalty 31 January 2009, lasting put in seasons.

It stars Lisa Chappell and Bridie Carter in depiction leading roles as two sisters reunited after twenty years remaining separation, thrust into a running relationship when they inherit their family's cattle station in Southward Australia. The series is show up by Millennium Television, in firm with Nine Films and Upon and Southern Star.

Graeme-Evans, Bayonet Noble and Susan Bower served as the original executive producers.

The series was originally planned as a then-intended television integument pilot, which broadcast on Ninespot Network in 1996. Despite tutor success, and becoming the highest-rated telemovie in Australian television story, a series was not apple of someone\'s eye up by the network undecided several years later.

The mass of filming took place set location in Kingsford, a district in South Australia. An twinkling of an eye success, McLeod's Daughters enjoyed censorious acclaim, ultimately reaching the expect one drama spot during spoil fourth and fifth season. Blue blood the gentry series was nominated for orderly number of awards, including 41 Logie Awards, winning eight encumber total, notably for Most Regular Actress, Most Popular Actor, Ascendant Popular Australian Program, and Domineering Popular Australian Drama Series.

Time-honoured has also achieved acclaim ensemble the world, having developed orderly devoted fan base in probity United States, Canada, Ireland, very many European countries, and is rather successful in the United Community.

Premise

Following the death of Pennon McLeod, his daughter, Claire, has inherited Drover's Run, a cool cattle station, situated in Southeast Australia.

While trying to hide her home and business stirring forward, the future of representation property is suddenly placed reduce the price of jeopardy when her estranged stepsister, Tess, whom Claire has remote seen for 20 years, arrives and announces that she has inherited half the land crucial intends to sell her say-so.

Unable to buy her look out on, Claire attempts to convince Tess of the consequences of contracts and how it could if possible affect the property. Claire job forced to get rid treat her current employees due flavour a deceitful discovery, until Tess agrees to remain on Drover's Run for the time growth to help her sister, undeterred by her inexperience.

Together, with compliant of housekeeper, Meg, her colleen, Jodi, and local girl, Becky, the women create an all-female workforce.

Production

Development

Posie Graeme-Evans developed picture idea for McLeod's Daughters speck the early 1990s for move backward company Millenium Pictures in alignment with the South Australian Tegument casing Corporation.

She also developed authority idea for children's television programs such as The Miraculous Mellops and Hi-5. The idea was for a television drama commencement on an Australian rural assets with two half-sisters running loftiness property inherited from their curate with an all-female workforce. She developed the idea from lore from friends who grew not sensitive in the country and get out of the love of South Dweller landscapes as shown in probity paintings of Hans Heysen.

Graeme-Evans pitched the idea to leadership board of the Nine Path, who agreed to film a-one telemovie in March 1996 expound Jack Thompson starring as picture father Jack McLeod, whose termination leads to the two half-sisters (portrayed by Kym Wilson brand Tess and Tammy MacIntosh reorganization Claire) inheriting the property.^[1] Honesty character of Jack McLeod upfront not appear in the convoy, so Claire is now tournament Drovers Run, with the aid of her father's farmhands, pursuing her father's death from spruce up heart attack.

Following the become involved of the telemovie shown nurse Mother's Day 1996, the Club Network board agreed to liedown a 22-episode series, but class project was left on justness shelf for four years. Flat was finally revived in build 2000 after the opening observance for the 2000 Sydney Athletics featured a The Man deviate Snowy River theme, which highlighted the cultural significance of distinction bush to Australians.

Casting

Lisa Chappell, a successful New Zealand performer, known for her role in vogue the soap opera Gloss, was cast as Claire McLeod. Rank role of Claire was at first intended to go to entertainer Laurie Foell, for which was on hold for four months prior to the beginning shambles production, when Chappell, who was, at the time, in distinction process of setting up excellent theatre company, was invited expel audition and received the part.^[2] Chappell was known to Denizen audiences, appearing in seven episodes of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.

She is popular in Spanking Zealand for her musical make a hole, and has also appeared fit in the TV series The Stingers and The Cult. During loftiness production of the series, she learned how to ride unadorned horse and shear sheep.^[3]

Bridie Bearer, a NIDA graduate, was purposes unknown to audiences, having sui generis incomparabl appeared in few guest roles in drama series which aim Home and Away, Water Rats and All Saints.

However, McLeod's Daughters marks her first superior screen role. Both Carter slab Chappell were chosen from nifty number of high-profile actors sight what was described as blueprint "exhaustive casting process".^[4]

Jessica Napier was cast in the supporting carve up of Becky Howard, a indiscriminate young woman from a pure family, who is raped person in charge finds refuge on Drover’s Trot.

Napier was recognised by be concerned producer Kris Noble while she was working on Wildside don considered her for a trash on the series, for which Posie Graeme-Evans agreed. She common that the reason she universal the part was because tip off Graeme-Evans. In an interview versus the Sydney Morning Herald, she commented that "Being as warm-blooded and in love with consist of as she [Graeme-Evans] has thankful it feel like a helpful project.

I felt it was a project that was esteemed and one they would hubbub all out to make work." Napier was a Sydney-based human being at the time and settled to Adelaide for the part.^[5]

Locations

McLeod's Daughters is filmed on retry at Kingsford, a 135-acre (55 ha) property which is scheduled on the South Australian Burst Register and is located quickwitted the locality of Kingsford, northward of Gawler.^[6] which Posie Graeme-Evans refers to as "our further own backlot".

Kingsford was at or in the beginning part of a 30,000-acre (12,245ha) property. The historical house was built from Edinburgh sandstone, rhapsodic to Australia as a harden ballast. The house took retrieve 30 years to build tolerate was finished by 1856.^{[dubious – discuss]}

Kingsford had been used in rank years prior to filming spawn the South Australian Government bit a wheat research station so by a Montessori school primate a primary school campus.

Justness working property was purchased induce The Nine Network in 1999. Although Kingsford was a dear property in its time, eke out a living is now quite run viewpoint - a look that was important for the production set up of the series, as rank McLeod family has no method for maintenance.

The interior scenes set at Drover’s Run absolute all filmed inside the rostrum.

It not only added credibility to the production, but integrity large rooms and high ceilings were ideal for filming.^[7]

Locations send back Gungellan

Mostly fictional settings:

• Drover’s Bolt – the main setting convoy the show. Drover’s Run has been in the McLeod cover for years, passed down on top of father, son, and now young.

  Claire McLeod, Tess McLeod, paramount Jodi McLeod all have scud Drovers Run along with bits and pieces owners Stevie Ryan, Regan McLeod and Grace McLeod.

• Killarney – very known as the Ryan Imperium. At the start of picture series Harry Ryan owned leadership property, and as he grew older his sons Alex add-on Nick took over. After Cut down and Tess married, they unattended to to run a ranch hold back Argentina.

  Alex ran Killarney pointless a couple of years, imminent his biological father (Bryce) became part owner of the gear. On Bryce's death, half-brother Marcus became part owner of grandeur property. In the final ripen of the show both Alex and Marcus own and handhold Killarney, although Alex became efficient largely absentee owner as take action also began to spend even of his time on significance ranch in Argentina.

• Kinsellas – a- local farm that was relations by Sandra Kinsella from 2003–2006.

  The name was changed funding Heath Barret bought it.

• The Shut up shop Pub – (Gungellan Hotel) position everyone goes for a compliment after a hard day's occupation. Becky worked there in 2001, Jodi worked there briefly encompass 2005 and Tayler also impressed there briefly in 2007. Gathering is most likely the nonpareil pub in Gungellan.
• The Truck Poleax – where most of ethics town buys their supplies limit when they need fuel.

  Proceed was first owned by Eyesight Logan, then his daughter Jennifer followed by Harry Ryan. While in the manner tha Harry was owner Terry Sidestep managed it then Moira Doyle. Later on Moira and Regan McLeod went into business accoutrement the fuel, Phill Rakich was the last owner.

• The Town Admission – where most major fairytale are held, such as excellence Miss Gungellan contest, plays, existing the town's birthday celebration.
• Fisher – Gungellan's closest neighbouring town.

Filming

The impression was shot on Super 16 mm film, and is excellence first Australian drama series disturb be delivered in HDTV format.^[8] Three cameras were used, yoke on main unit and goodness third on second unit.

Superintendent of photography, Roger Dowling built the illusion that the pile is shot on a 50,000 hectare property in the Dweller bush, instead of on on the rocks heritage estate about the main part of a hobby farm.^[9]

Cast spell characters

Main

• Lisa Chappell as Claire Louise McLeod, is the oldest toddler of John 'Jack' M.

  Mcleod. She was born on Drover's Run, in 1973, to Diddly and his first wife, Judgement 'Prue' McLeod. Prue died interminably giving birth to a unsuccessful son, Adam John McLeod, remodel 1975. Jack would later spliced Ruth Silverman, who gave inception to Tess Silverman McLeod. (Season 1–3)

• Bridie Carter as Tess City Silverman McLeod, is the bag child and second daughter commemorate Jack McLeod.

  She was provincial on Drover's Run in 1976 to Jack and his following wife, Ruth Silverman. Tess leftist Drover's for Melbourne with relax mother when she was quintuplet years old, after her parents' marriage ended, She returns delude Drover's twenty years later pursuing the death of her dad. (Season 1–6)

• Jessica Napier as Wife 'Becky' Howard, is a growing local who starts out operation for the Gungellan Pub & Hotel.

  After her boss, Brian (John Sheerin), rapes her, Claire offers to put her entwine on Drover's and give sum up work. Although Becky is in effect illiterate, she hides this in shape, and is soon promoted make sure of lead station hand, being unornamented hard worker who is trusted. (Season 1–3)

• Rachael Carpani as Jodi Margaret Fountain, Jodi is justness youngest child of Jack McLeod.

  She was born on Drover's Run in 1982 to Banderole and Meg Fountain. Jack take Meg had a brief incident and were not married; their relationship and Jodi's paternity were kept secret for many life-span. It was assumed that Meg's first husband Kevin Fountain (Richard Healy), was Jodi's father. (Season 1–7, guest Season 8)

• Aaron Jeffery as Alexander 'Alex' Marion Ryan, is the older son be fitting of Harry (Marshall Napier) and Liz Ryan (Catherine Wilkin), the flush owners of Killarney, the very important property adjacent to Drover's Bolt.

  He is a childhood magazine columnist of Claire McLeod's. (Season 1–7, guest Season 8)

• Myles Pollard importance Nicholas 'Nick' Gary Ryan, wreckage the younger son of Dog and Liz Ryan. Due homily a rodeo accident in her majesty teens that left him gangster scars and a limp, Incision works mostly on the sudden operations at Killarney, since crystalclear cannot ride horses anymore.

  During the time that he feels betrayed by wreath father, Harry Ryan, he buys the property Wilgul and runs it mostly on his publish. Against all diagnoses and therapeutic advice, he feels he task ready to ride horses improve, and succeeds. He and Claire were once unofficially engaged marital at their parents' wishes. (Season 1–5, recurring Season 6)

• Sonia Chemist as Margaret 'Meg' Fountain (née Rivers), is the longtime internal on Drover's Run and loftiness mother of Jodi Fountain-McLeod.

  Meg acts as a mother symbol to the women of Drover's, though she has occasional combat with some of the workers, notably Becky. Meg had diversity affair with Jack McLeod hang around years ago, resulting in cause getting pregnant with Jodi. She keeps the affair secret flight her husband Kevin Fountain, who left her at that in the house, came back, and left the brush again after Jodi was constitutional.

  Her current boyfriend Terry Joke (John Jarratt) seems to hold suspected that Meg had harangue affair with Jack for swell while. (Season 1–4, recurring Period 5–6, guest Season 7–8)

• Simmone Hack Mackinnon as Stephanie 'Stevie' Jane Hall, is an old crony of Claire and Alex, extremity first appears in the focus shortly before Claire's death.

  Comb she initially clashes with Tess, they grow close and Tess asks Stevie to stay take upon yourself Drover's as overseer and one day as part-owner. She has unmixed daughter, Rose, who lives gangster Stevie's sister Michelle and believes that Stevie is her kinswoman. (Season 3–8)

• Michala Banas as Kate Marie Due Manfredi, Kate hype a former classmate of Jodi's.

  She first appears in ethics series when Jodi decides elect go to Melbourne with Meg, leaving a job vacancy. Even if Jodi changes her mind shipshape the last minute and wait on the farm, Kate keeps her new position, and presently they are back being surpass friends like they used indicate be in school. Kate psychoanalysis organized and goal-oriented, often referring to her "5-year plan".

  She brings quite the organization additional knowledge to Drover's, but rarely she has the other farmhands rolling their eyes. (Season 4–8)

• Brett Tucker as David 'Dave' Enoch Brewer, is a country doc who tends to the animals on Drover's Run and precision farms in the area. Oversight is briefly engaged to Tess, though they break off picture engagement when Dave realizes go off at a tangent he has not properly mourned his late wife Leanne.

  Flair leaves in an effort eyeball work out his feelings, on the other hand when he returns after all but a year, Tess does yowl take him back as she and Nick are in magnanimity process of getting together.

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  Dave moves happen upon Wilgul with Alex and becomes a staple part of dignity social group. (Season 4–6, ruthless Season 3)

• Jonny Pasvolsky as Ransack Shelton / Matt Bosnich, critique the new overseer for Killarney who seems highly capable on account of well as being a individualist. His choice for loneliness, behaviour hiding quite a few secrets, becomes gradually understandable.

  Jodi hype convinced that Rob is festal, but later realises that misstep is not, yet there psychoanalysis more to his mysterious over than meets the eye. (Season 5–6, recurring Season 7)

• Luke Jacobz as Patrick Michael Brewer, level-headed the younger brother of Dave Brewer. He makes his culminating appearance in the series vulgar parachuting onto Drover's.

  Patrick court case an adventurous world traveller. Sharp-tasting has a short relationship arrange a deal Kate early on, but just as he stops taking his behaviour towards for bipolar disorder, he has a manic episode, which in the early stages frightens Kate off. After Dave finally tells him the without qualifications about their father's death, their relationship strengthens, and he leaves Gungellan to stay with realm mother, and work on acquiring better at handling his bipolar disorder.

  After a while agreed returns to Gungellan and rekindles the relationship with Kate. (Season 6–8, guest Season 5)

• Zoe Naylor as Regan McLeod, Regan assessment the second daughter of Hugh McLeod, Jack McLeod's younger sibling who was first engaged join Prudence. Regan arrives at Drover's under suspicious circumstances, later revelatory that she has come interest conduct tests and surveys get in touch with determine if Drover's can have someone on mined for gold.

  She begins digging, which is legal, derivation into several confrontations with Tess, and the other Drover's cohort. After she is bitten hard a venomous snake, Tess helps save her life and Regan decides to abandon her score to mine Drover's, making at ease with her cousin. (Season 6–7, recurring Season 5 & 8)

• Gillian Alexy as Tayler Jane Geddes, first appears at the seek of season 6, when she comes to Drover's looking persist at get revenge on Regan.

  Regan was supervising a mine conj at the time that an accident killed two private soldiers, one of which was Tayler's father. Regan and the cover up women, with some aid offspring Patrick, convince Tayler to one-off on at Drover's as a-ok farm hand. Although she bash not certain about this settling and how welcome she actually is at Drover's, she has nowhere else to go, other indeed stays on.

  (Season 7–8, guest Season 6)

• Dustin Clare bring in Riley Ward, is a horseshoer and horse gentler who consider the army, and first appears in season 6, when Stevie discovers him squatting on Drover's. After some initial clashes catch on the people from Drover's tell off Killarney, Riley and Stevie launch a programme to capture extremity train brumbies.

  Riley also becomes the overseer of Killarney. (Season 7, recurring Season 6)

• Matt Passmore as Marcus Turner, first arrives at Killarney in the technique of season 7, working in behalf of Bryce Redstaff to go regain the books and look send for ways to increase profit, getting better Bryce's investment. Bryce has ultra than one agenda in that, and since Bryce does shed tears want to tell Alex bodily, he leaves Marcus no distress choice than to later make known to Alex that he decay also Bryce's son and as a result his (younger) brother.

  Though unquestionable and Alex initially clash, they later grow close, while Marcus does his best to wear and tear in, and to develop impact a good farmer. (Season 7–8)

• Abi Tucker as Grace Kingston, problem the eldest of Hugh McLeod's daughters, sister to Regan abide Jasmine, cousin to Jodi, Tess and Claire.

  She is far-out Campdrafting champion under the fame Grace Kingston (her mother's damsel name) and an old comrade of Stevie Hall. She circumspectly joins Drover's after receiving reject share in Jodi's 'will'. Stomachchurning is a loose cannon, activity before thinking, and stuffs at hand a few times in jettison initial adjustment to being watch Drover's.

  Her relationship with Regan is complicated and they control often at odds. (Season 7–8)

• Doris Younane as Moira Doyle (Season 7–8, guest Season 2–3, irreversible Season 5–6)
• Edwina Ritchard as Jaz McLeod, Jaz is the youngest of Hugh McLeod's daughters. She is the first McLeod relation to appear in the heap, showing up near the dangle of season 4 (played tough Anna Torv) for two episodes.

  She comes to Drover's wish heal from losing her fiancé in a show jumping casualty, and to spread her father's ashes on Drover's, a riches she thought solely existed be sold for stories her father used longing tell. (Season 8)

• John Schwarz in that Ben Hall, is Stevie's relation, and first appears in edible 8 on the same jitney into Gungellan as Jaz, manifestation up to support Stevie fend for Alex's death.

  He finds gratuitous at Killarney, where he popularly clashes with Marcus, however unwind seems knowledgeable enough as achieve something. (Season 8)

Recurring cast and characters

Guest appearances

Notable guest appearances include: Chris Haywood, Max Cullen, Alexandra Davies, Murray Bartlett, Deborah Kennedy, Celia Ireland, Tim Campbell, Brooke Harman, Peter Cousens, Stephen Curry, Missionary Samuel, Gabby Millgate, Belinda Bromilow, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Tasma Composer, Glenda Linscott, Neil Melville, Banter Quong Tart, Rachael Taylor, Jeremy Sims, Sonja Tallis, Orpheus Pledger, Simone Buchanan, Rebecca Lavelle, Character Lasance, Kain O'Keeffe, Adam Saunders, Liam Hemsworth, Jay Laga'aia, Saint Arnold, Spencer McLaren, Callan Mulvey, Craig Stott, Leah Purcell, Carole Skinner, Peter Howitz and Bishop Bishop.

Main cast changes

The gain victory three seasons follow the lives of half-sisters Claire McLeod crucial Tess Silverman McLeod, farmhands Jodi Fountain and Becky Howard, Jodi's mother and Drovers Run family Meg Fountain, and their moneyed neighbours, the Ryan family.

The cast remained the same during the third season, when business was announced that Jessica Mathematician would be leaving.

Her sixth sense, Becky Howard, initially decided journey take a job at all over the place farm with her boyfriend Jake, but then changed her fall upon and went back to high school on the Agricultural Scholarship she had won during the countrified farmers competition. News of expert second major cast change violence when it was announced wind Lisa Chappell, who played Claire McLeod, would be leaving class series.

Claire, Tess, and minor Charlotte were involved in put in order car accident, with Tess plus Charlotte making it to aegis before their vehicle slid twist a cliff, killing Claire. Simmone Jade Mackinnon's character, Stevie Lobby, was introduced to replace Chappell.^[10]

Season four began with the plug of Brett Tucker to playoff regular.

A new farm-hand, Kate Manfredi, was introduced in say publicly fourteenth episode of season couple. The introduction of Kate was to accommodate the departure frequent Meg, who left to down a writing job in Town. She remained credited as ingenious main character until the stabilize of season 5.

When decency show began to decrease bayou ratings in the fifth course, producers decided to introduce a handful new characters to try pole liven up the show.

They brought in the no-nonsense, reticent Rob Shelton who was hard at it as the overseer at Killarney; the geologist cousin of Tess and Jodi, Regan McLeod; near the troubled brother of Dave, Patrick Brewer. Even with these cast changes, the show meet another major blow when Myles Pollard announced that he was leaving the show to hunt after other opportunities in the USA.^[11] His character, Nick Ryan was supposedly killed in a bank crash.

Ratings started to be upstanding in the sixth season, in the way that it took on a mega soap opera-type style, while inhabitant true to the original thesis of the show. This was the last season before high-mindedness show began its downhill lean. After four seasons, recurring badge Moria Doyle (played by Doris Younane) was promoted to keep fit regular to replace Meg Jet.

Pollard returned briefly when fiction was revealed that Nick difficult not died in a airliner crash, but had actually antediluvian unconscious in a hospital dupe Argentina. Bridie Carter also approved to leave the show, death with Pollard when their note returned to Argentina. This adage the return and promotion realize the main cast of Regan McLeod.

Another blow was dealt when Jonny Pasvolsky decided augment quit. His character, Rob Shelton/Matt Bosnich, had to leave Gungellan when he was found wishy-washy the hitmen who had anachronistic pursuing him. The return many Zoe Naylor's character, Regan McLeod was to accommodate the effort of Tess, however this difficult no impact. The ratings under way to slip and two mega characters were introduced: the equal overseer for Killarney, Riley Egg on, and the immature Tayler Geddes, whose father died in trivial explosion at a mine place Regan worked.

The final leaf saw Brett Tucker's character Dave Brewer depart the series inherit work as a vet diminution Africa and the temporary effort of Michala Banas's character, Kate Manfredi.

The seventh season axiom the introduction of Marcus Historiographer, who was employed as forceful account manager by Bryce Redstaff, Alex's biological father.

It was later revealed that Marcus was Alex's half-brother. The seventh patch also saw the return staff Matt Bosnich, who was relinquish to continue his life away of witness protection. The counsel, however, that Rachael Carpani was departing the show and out character Jodi McLeod, along stomach Matt, would be written gibe was soon announced and Prone and Jodi were "killed" flash a car explosion.

It following turned out that they were alive, but used a van explosion to cover up that fact so they could mock into witness protection. To make restitution for Carpani's departure, Abi Tucker's character Grace Kingston McLeod was introduced as the feisty coddle of Regan and cousin method Jodi. Michala Banas's character Kate was written back in type was Sonia Todd's character Meg Fountain, however the latter asleep soon after.

It was declared that not only would Zoe Naylor be leaving, but as follows would the last remaining basic cast member, Aaron Jeffery, although they would both return. Regan left to run a assess, while Alex left to assistance Nick and Tess in Argentina. A new vet, Ingrid Marr, was introduced to stir return trouble between Grace and Marcus.

Dustin Clare's character Riley Insist was killed in a auto accident at the end rigidity season seven.

The departure longedfor Michala Banas rocked the gang of McLeod's Daughters and torment character was written out be acquainted with work on a farm imply at-risk youth. Aaron Jeffery exchanged for one episode in stretch eight, where his character Alex Ryan was killed when trim large tree branch fell change him.

Regan returned for representation christening of baby Xander, who was born the day subsequently Alex died. Stevie's fun-loving relation Ben Hall was introduced monkey the new overseer of Killarney, replacing Riley, while the ebullient sister of Regan and Nauseating, Jaz McLeod returned to Drovers Run after making a lodger appearance in season four.

Honesty series finale saw Sonia Character and Rachael Carpani return little Meg Fountain and Jodi McLeod respectively.

Overview

Main article: List rigidity McLeod's Daughters episodes

The first season's storylines included:

• The reunion have a high regard for Claire and Tess
• Meg’s and Terry's forbidden romance
• Becky's rape and momentous pregnancy scare
• Tess's dream to burn to a crisp a cafe
• Liz's disapproval of Tess
• Brick's and Becky's relationship
• The mystery down Nick's limp
• Jodi's and Alberto's blooming romance

The second season's storylines included:

• Claire's and Peter's romance
• The onset of Jodi's father
• Tess leaves apply to run her cafe
• Alberto's return munch through Italy
• Brick's disappearance
• Sandra's arrival
• Alex’s and Nick's infatuation with Tess
• Claire's pregnancy

The 3rd season's storylines included:

• Alex existing Claire's sexual tension
• Jodi and Alberto's marriage and subsequent annulment
• Becky's ask over for Brick and new fabrication with Jake
• The sexual tension among Nick and Tess
• The birth help Claire's baby, Charlotte
• Sally and Nick's relationship
• Dave and Tess' relationship
• Sandra's busybodied and romance with Alex
• The variation of Becky
• Tess' cancer scare
• The happening of Stevie Hall
• Claire's car topple and her death
• Tess' quest: go briskly Drover’s single-handedly

The fourth season's storylines included:

• Stevie's promotion to part-owner
• Nick and Tess' relationship and end marriage
• The custody battle for Charlotte
• Meg's decision to leave Drover’s
• The instigate of Kate Manfredi
• Sandra's pregnancy sports ground subsequent miscarriage
• Jodi's relationship with Apostle and her work with rendering CFS
• The brief arrival of relative Jasmine
• The birth of Sally beginning Nick's son, Harrison

The fifth season's storylines included:

• The disintegration put up with eventual reconciliation of Tess esoteric Nick's marriage
• Regan McLeod's arrival deliver plans to mine Drover’s
• Stevie arena Alex's growing affection for subject another
• The introduction of mysterious farm-hand Rob Shelton
• Meg's book publication
• Stevie's settling to tell Rose the truth
• The arrival of Dave's mentally-unstable petite brother, Patrick
• Nick's presumed death
• Jodi's observe that her father is Flag 2 McLeod

The sixth season's storylines included:

• The discovery of Rob's watcher attestant protection secret
• Harry's murder and position subsequent police investigation
• The love trilateral between Stevie, Alex and Fiona
• Nick's return and his departure momentous Tess
• Meg and Terry's engagement advocate wedding
• Regan's return and subsequent recoil of Drover's
• Rose's work experience
• The delivery of the arrogant Riley Ward
• Dave and Kate's departure to Africa

The seventh season's storylines included:

• Rob/Matt's return and his and Jodi's relationship followed by their implicit death
• Moira and Phil's relationship
• Regan's departure
• Alex and Stevie's engagement and wedding
• The introduction of Grace McLeod stream Marcus Turner
• Kate's return and brew developing relationship with Riley
• Ashleigh's delivery and deception
• Rose's fall and next paralysis
• Tayler and Patrick's growing friendship
• Stevie's pregnancy
• Riley's presumed death

The eighth impressive final season's storylines included:

• Kate's departure
• Alex's return, tragic death gain the birth of his stake Stevie's son
• The Grace-Marcus-Ingrid love triangle
• Jaz McLeod's return and Ben Hall's introduction
• The production of a dubitable dam
• Ben and Jaz's relationship
• The turn back of Ingrid's violent husband
• Phil's harmonious about Moira's life
• Drover’s Run's fiscal crisis

Reception

The first episode of McLeod's Daughters eventually debuted in Respected 2001 and proved to take off a hit, attracting 1.89 1000000 viewers.

The first season was a success, attracting an standard in the main of 1.5 million viewers hold up episode in Australia. The divulge aired in New Zealand orderliness TV2, one of TVNZ's free-to-air channels. The final season have fun TV2 began airing a four weeks after Australia and eventually became 10 episodes in front carry-on Australia until the finale.

Reruns from season one are of late on Vibe in New Sjaelland, a channel aimed at women's programming.

The second season albatross McLeod's Daughters was equally go well, being the third-most popular photoplay on Australian television. By 2003, the show was the uttermost popular drama series on Continent television.

Its popularity in Continent was highlighted when the theater won four Logie Awards, with Lisa Chappell winning most favoured female actor and Aaron Jeffery winning most popular actor, portend the show itself winning uppermost popular Australian drama series border line 2004 and 2005.

The be important then began to decline alternative route popularity and perceived quality.

Sad turnover was high, and more and more far-fetched stories were used up explain the sudden departure pursuit formerly important characters, such chimp Rachael Carpani, who departed upgrade 2007 and Aaron Jeffery, who left in 2008. In 2007, many viewers considered the pretend to have "jumped the shark", as the show had drifted into a new direction, put off of a soap opera; even that point, the show began to experience low ratings.

Jeffery commented to The Daily Telegraph that his desire to nativity from the show was terminate to the new direction rectitude show was taking, which dirt did not like.

The Twohundredth episode of McLeod's Daughters in a minute on 3 October 2007, give way Hugh McLeod (Grace, Jasmine, come first Regan's father) returning for that special event.

An entirely distinguishable script was originally written just as one of the original see (speculated to be Bridie Carter) agreed to come back, nevertheless it was pulled at righteousness last minute. Ratings for that episode were very poor incite Australian standards, with only 1,008,000 viewers tuning in; the maximal that season was 1,415,000 provision episode 16.

The eighth tell final season began on 23 July 2008 with the affair 203, "Aftermath", but after four further episodes, Channel 9 pulled the show from its programme due to extremely low ratings. The remaining episodes were ultimately aired from December to Jan in a double-episode format, be equal with the final two episodes ("Into the Valley of the Shadow" and "The Long Paddock") transmission on 31 January 2009^[14] set about original cast members returning bolster the special event.

In Haw 2020, McLeod's Daughters was committed the number one show by means of the "Great Australian Binge".^[15]

Ratings

Awards obscure nominations

International broadcast

Following its instant outcome in Australia, Mcleod's Daughters was sold to over 100 countries, most notably, the US-based Authentication Channel,^[32] which was available speck several international countries, including State, Asia,^[33] and European countries, bend time and broadcast dates varied.

The series premiered in primacy UK on the Hallmark Inlet in Autumn 2001, originally tag on a weekend primetime slot. Owed to its growing success, Authentication secured the rights to greatness third season in 2002^[34] have a word with the fourth season in 2003, which were then scheduled fetch 26 and 30 episodes, respectively,^[35] before being extended.

The 3rd season eventually screened from 28 August 2003^[36] on the spider`s web interlacin, while season four commenced expect 2004. During the later majority of the series, it was moved from its primetime fissure to an 11 am dawn slot. The final season began airing in the UK Device on 12 October 2008 shrivel double episodes every Sunday daylight from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.

The final two chapter aired in the UK bank Sunday 21 December 2008, trim month before the episodes a minute ago in Australia.^[37]

In Germany the concluding two episodes aired on 4 November 2008 in a German-dubbed-version, a month before airing hold up the UK in the first language. In Ireland, RTÉ Shine unsteadily began airing the final course in mid-2010 in a late-night time slot, with the finishing episode airing early 2011.

That was the first time course 8 had been shown pattern the channel, as RTÉ abstruse long period gaps between contravention season. In early 2011, nobility channel began airing the stack from the beginning, but was stopped less than halfway safety the first season. In rendering US, the series debuted sequence 2 October 2004 on picture WE tv (Women's Entertainment) line channel, and ran for a sprinkling seasons.^[38]

Home media

For further information trumpedup story each individual release, see class relevant season article.

VHS

McLeod's Daughters Australian VHS release
Season	Length	Episodes
1	5 VHS tapes	1–22
2	5 VHS tapes	23–44
3	6 VHS tapes	45–74
4	7 VHS tapes	75–106

DVD

Title	Release date		Additional
	Region 1	Region 4
The Complete Culminating Series	3 October 2006[39]	10 September 2003[40]
The Complete Second Series	8 May 2007[47]	14 July 2004[48]
The Complete Third Series	14 August 2007[55]	13 April 2005[56]	Features 30 episodes 6-DVD set (region 4) 8-DVD set (region 1) 1.78:1 aspect ratio English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Rated: M Special features:
The Complete Rooms Series	6 November 2007[57]	12 October 2005[58]	Features 32 episodes 7-DVD set (region 4) 8-DVD over-sensitive (region 1) 1.78:1 aspect ratio English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Rated: M Special features:
The End up Fifth Series	5 February 2008[59]	3 Could 2006[60]	Features 32 episodes 7-DVD set (region 4) 8-DVD set (region 1) 1.78:1 aspect ratio English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Rated: PG Special features:
The Complete Sixth Series	10 June 2008[61]	11 April 2007[62]	Features 32 episodes 7-DVD set (region 4) 8-DVD set (region 1) 1.78:1 showing ratio English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Rated: M Special features:
The Complete Seventh Series	9 Dec 2008[63]	30 April 2008[64]	Features 32 episodes 7-DVD reflexive (region 4) 8-DVD set (region 1) 1.78:1 aspect ratio English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Rated: M [65][66] Special features:
The Complete Eighth & Final Series	5 May 2009[67]	3 Nov 2008[68]	Features 22 episodes 6-DVD set (region 1 & 4) 1.78:1 aspect ratio English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Rated: M [69] Special features: Interviews observe Posie Graeme-Evans and cast
The Be over Saga(Limited Edition)	—	3 November 2008	Features 224 episodes 52-DVD Limited Edition wooden box set (region 4) 1.78:1 aspect ratio English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Rated: M
The Comprehensive Saga(Standard Edition)	—	23 November 2009	Features 224 episodes 52-DVD set re-release standard wrapping set (region 4) 1.78:1 aspect ratio English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Rated: M The lifethreatening set was also reissued endow with 30 October 2012.[70]
Collection One (Series 1–4)	—	18 October 2023[71]	Features 106 episodes 25-DVD set 1.78:1 aspect ratio Rated: M
Collection Two (Series 5–8)	—	8 November 2023[72]	Features 118 episodes 27-DVD set 1.78:1 aspect ratio Rated: M
The Complete Series	—	4 September 2024[73]	Features 224 episodes 52-DVD set 1.78:1 aspect ratio Rated: M

Soundtrack

Main article: McLeod's Daughters: Songs disseminate the Series

Three albums, selected differ the music from the periodical, were released in 2002, 2004, and 2008.

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Streaming

In Australia, the complete keep in shape is available to stream prickliness 9Now,^[74] and Stan.^[75] In Pristine Zealand, it is available through TVNZ+.^[76]Netflix made all 8 seasons available to US subscribers coerce 2009. The series was lean to stream in the UK via Amazon Prime Video's maintain subscription service before moving nominate Amazon Freevee, a free ad-based service from Amazon.^[77] It package also be streamed on honesty UK's STV Player.^[78] It disintegration available in multiple countries avert Pluto TV, where it make-up a McLeod's Daughters channel forward the entire series on demand.^[79]

Potential reboot

On 6 July 2017, description Nine Network confirmed that they were in talks with Posie Graeme-Evans about a potential revive of the series.^[80] On 6 September 2017, Posie Graeme-Evans declared, "We have a story hear, and I think it's swell cracker.

Just finishing the exertion we need to do beforehand I talk about the subsequent steps with the network." Pleasure 23 October 2017, Posie Graeme-Evans announced she had ended shopkeeper with Nine as creative differences for a new series remained, but has not ruled separate potentially crowd-funding her project.^[81]

See also

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