The Silver Brumby

This article is about the television series. For the books, see Silver Brumby. For the 1993 film, see The Silver Brumby (1993 film).

The Silver Brumby
Genre	Animated series
Created by	Elyne Mitchell (original), Jon Stephens and Judy Malmgren
Voices of	John Higginson Brett Climo Doug Tremlett Rhys Muldoon Stephen Whittaker Rebecca Gibney Michael Carman Marg Downey Bud Tingwell Richard Aspel Edward Hepple John Stanton
Opening theme	"Son of the Wind" by Joe Creighton
Ending theme	"Son of the Wind" (instrumental)
Composer(s)	Tassos Ioannides
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	39
Production
Producer(s)	Colin J. South John Tatoulis
Running time	25 minutes
Production company(s)	Media World Features
Release
Original network	Nine Network
Original release	29 October 1994 – 17 September 1998
External links
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The Silver Brumby is an Australian animated children's television series written by Jon Stephens and Judy Malmgren based on Elyne Mitchell's Silver Brumby books. A total of 39 episodes were produced by Media World Features between 1994 and 1998 and was originally broadcast on the Nine Network.

Plot

The series focuses on Thowra, a silver colt, his brothers Storm and Arrow and their friends the bush animals in their continued quest to resist the Men's efforts to capture them.

Characters

Horses

• Thowra (voiced by John Higginson and Brett Climo) - The "Silver Brumby". A calm, good hearted horse who values his friends. He is often chased by the Man.
• Storm (voiced by Doug Tremlett) - Brother of Thowra. A loyal and kind horse and brother of Thowra who stands by his side in the event of trouble.
• Arrow (voiced by Rhys Muldoon and Stephen Whittaker) - Half-brother of Thowra. An arrogant jealous horse who seeks an opportunity to prove himself better than Thowra, but often gets himself trapped. Occasionally he will assist Thowra when trouble affects him too.
• Boon Boon (voiced by Rebecca Gibney) - A kind understanding horse and Brolga's oldest daughter, who loves Thowra and is disturbed by any trouble in the wild.
• Brolga (voiced by John Stanton) - A very bitter horse who fiercely protects his herd and does not welcome Thowra or his friends.
• Aranda - The Brolga's favourite mare.
• Yooralla - A young foal who joins Thowra's herd. He has an older sister named Gunda.
• Yarraman - Thowra's father, former "King of the Cascade Brumbies". His mate was Bel Bel. Eventually the Brolga killed and succeeded him.
• Golden - A Palomino filly, brought to the bush by the Man and she is briefly freed by Thowra.
• Ebony - The Black Race Horse, visit to have a race to beat Thowra.
• Gunda - TBA
• Narrabri - A young foal in Thowra's herd. He and Yooralla are good friends, and spend time playing together. Unfortunately they have a tendency to get into trouble while playing their games. Narrabri is quite a level-headed youngster - he realises that they are introuble before Yooralla, and remembers old advice/sayings, even if after the fact. He and Yooralla get into quite a bit of trouble, in the winter snows, and the mysterious surroundings of Misty Lake.
• Yuri - One of The Brolga's sons. Yuri is a friend of Yooralla's, and sometimes leaves his herd to play with the orphan foal. He doesn't think much of Thowra, having been brought up to think The Silver Brumby is less than his legend. He too gets into trouble while playing with Yooralla.
• The Prince of the West - A very narcissistic and foolish stranger from the West, come to the High Country in search of a mate to take back with him. While Thowra is away, and Arrow is left in charge of the herd, he sets his sights on Boon Boon - but is unlikely to win The Brolga's approval.
• Boomerang - TBA
• Ilinga - TBA
• ' - TBA
• Rocky and Woomera - Two colts from Thowra's herd who foolishly follow Arrow when fleeing from a brumby hunt. As a result they are captured, and become too used to the food given to them by The Man to want to return to the wild.
• Anda - TBA
• Moolie - One of The Brolga's sons. He doeasn't have much luck with snakes, often finding himself a target of them. He and Anda almost cause Aranda terrible trouble while bolting from a snake.
• Echo - The Man's black horse. Echo has chased Thowra all over the High Country. It is clear that he respects Thowra in the way he speaks of him. He is loyal to The Man, and is renowned as the strongest, fastest stock horse in the district.

Other animals

• Currawong (voiced by Michael Carman) - A chattering observant bird, and Brolga's official spy.
• Wombat (voiced by Michael Carman) - A grumpy, griping wombat who goes on a path without looking ahead and blaming both humans and animals for making his progress difficult. His weakness into helping others is flattery and pestering. He has a wife and two children.
• Mrs. Dingo (voiced by Marg Downey) - A Dingo who is a mother of two pups - Bindi and Warri. She is wary of any danger that comes in the bush and has a lot of respect for Thowra.
• Benni (voiced by Bud Tingwell) - An old grey Kangaroo and a close friend of Thowra's. He has a wife named Silky and a daughter. He also narrates the series.
• Mopoke (voiced by Michael Carman) - A wise owl who gives advice to Thowra and his friends but talks in poetic rhyming couplets.
• Eee and Mu (voiced by Richard Aspel and Marg Downey) - A couple of loudmouth emus who gossip and mostly talk to each other.
• Skink - A small green skink who never speaks or makes noise. He is very accident prone.
• Whipbird - A green bird who provides information to Thowra besides Mopoke.
• Eagle - A Wedge-tailed eagle who is occasionally seen as a background character throughout the series. He hardly ever speaks, and during the latter part of the series, hunts after Currawong.
• Silky - TBA
• Warri and Bindi - TBA
• Whip Bird - She is to Thowra what Currawong is to The Brolga. The small green bird comes to tell Thowra what she has heard if it something of consequence. She is a good-natured creature, though she seems to enjoy baiting Arrow in the same way as Mopoke. She finishes her every sentence with a spirited "WHIP!"
• Gang Gangs - These noisy birds form the first few inches of the bush grapevine. Their loud, repetitive cries are usually nothing but gossip. Though ignore it at your peril: sometimes they are the very very first to report when danger has arrived in the High Country. At the first sign of danger they fly up into the air crying "DANGER! DANGER! BEWARE! BEWARE! WARNING! WARNING!"
• Benni and Silkie's daughter - A young joey who spends a lot of time sitting in Silkie's pouch. She is caught in a dingo trap and injured. The Old Prospector helps her to recover. During her time healing she becomes too used to his ways and is at first reluctant to leave him.

Humans

• The Man (voiced by Richard Aspel) - An unnamed human who spends much of the year in his hut in the High Country. He frequently tries to catch brumbies - particularly Thowra. He rides his own personal black horse named Echo.
• The Prospector (voiced by Edward Hepple) - A kind generous man who has lived in the bush for a very long time. He pans for gold in the river and aids the animals as often as he can spare.
• Charlie - The Old Prospector's grandson - a kind generous boy who loves the Bush and animals as much as his grandfather. His personal horse is white with a grey mane named Snowy. He also has a widowed father.
• The Trappers - A pair of men who come to the High Country to trap and shoot animals.
• Don - Charlie's father and the Old Prospector's son-in-law, Don is a stockman who comes to the High Country to hunt brumbies. He seems very single-minded when it comes to money, and is unable to see Charlie's unhappiness with the way he makes his living. Don and the Old Prospector don't get on very well as they clash over Don's choice to hunt brumbies.
• Bob - A friend of the Man, and fellow stockman. He is sometimes involved in brumby hunts in the High Country and uses Dead Horse hut as a base.
• Anne - A sensible young girl who goes skiing on the High Country trails during winter. Along with Tom she sees Thowra in the snow and has heard his legends. When Tom is hurt, she follows Thowra and Boon Boon to Dead Horse Hut where she is able to lead the Man back to where Tom is waiting.
• Tom - A youngster who goes skiing in the High Country in winter. He sees Thowra while skiing and decides it would be great if he and Anne managed to catch him. Unfortunately he is injured trying to approach Thowra when he falls down a cliff. He is saved by Thowra and Boon Boon when they lead Anne to find the Man.

Episodes

#	Title	Summary	Air Date
1	Friends of the High Country	Thowra befriends Boon Boon. Later he tries to save his small herd from the Man, but he manages to capture two foals. Thowra then gets chased by Brolga, Arrow left to face his wrath.	October 29, 1994
2	Wombats to the Rescue	Determined to prove courage, Arrow tries to rescue the captured foals, but gets himself caught along with Storm by the Man. Thowra convinces the wombats to help them rescue them.	November 5, 1994
3	Lost in the Snow	In the middle of winter, two skiing children Tom and Anne fall and get lost in a ravine. Thowra leads Anne to the Man to rescue them.	November 30, 1994
4	Flight To Freedom	The Man embarks on a new hunt for the wild horses. With the combined efforts of Boon Boon, Storm, Arrow, Thowra and Brolga they all manage to elude capture.	December 7, 1994
5	An Old Prospector Saves a Friend	The Tappers come to shoot dingoes for their tails. The traps they set are a danger to other animals too. A Prospector is giving the animals a helping hand against this threat, especially Benni and Silky's injured daughter.	December 19, 1994
6	Benni Returns the Favour	Benni and Silky reclaim their daughter from the Prospector. Thowra gets caught in a chase by the Man barely escaping. Meanwhile, the prospector has a nasty fall and Benni requests Thowra to the lead the Man to him.	December 20, 1994
7	Racing against the Wind	A racehorse Ebony, is encouraged by Currawong to challenge Thowra. Ebony evades the Man but he runs into Brolga. Together Ebony and Thowra escape Brolga and get on good terms.	January 4, 1995
8	The Sight of Golden	The Man has brought to the country a Palomino Filly named Golden. This catches the attention of Thowra. With help from Storm, Thowra frees Golden into the wild.	January 19, 1995
9	Golden in Trouble	While Golden learns about and enjoys the country and meeting new friends, the Man seeks to reclaim her. Golden is almost cornered by the Man, but Thowra arrives to divert him.	March 5, 1995
10	A Wombat on the Road	Men with a bulldozer have come to clear a path, through the high country. An accident diverts the stream. The prospector sorts out the problem and rescues Wombat's missing son.	March 10, 1995
11	Fire	The Trappers have returned, but the area catches fire from their camp. Arrow does not take heed and gets trapped, but Thowra rescues him and the emus. The fire is finally out when the rain comes.	March 20, 1995
12	Golden Goes Home	A razorback enters the high country. The Man goes out to hunt that boar after it took his cattle. Golden feels vulnerable, so she returns to the Man. The animals manage to drive the boar away.	April 3, 1995
13	Seeking a Legend	IIinga seeks the legendary Thowra. Each of Thowra's friends share information about him, while Thowra visits Golden. IIinga angers Brolga into fighting Thowra, but Thowra leads him to fall into a river.	April 10, 1995
14	Spring	Thowra has an odd sensation he is being followed by something. Then Thowra rescues Arrow from Brolga and finds the follower is a lost orphaned foal named Yooralla and he adopts him.	September 10, 1996
15	To Catch a Brumby	Thowra raises Yooralla and teaches him about the high country. The Prospector's son captures Boon Boon. Thowra follows their trail down the plains to begin a rescue attempt.	September 19, 1996
16	Swimming to Safety	Charlie frees Boon Boon and Thowra leads her back to safety in the High County. After taking refuge on an island in the middle of a fast-flowing river, Thowra and Boon Boon await rescue by Arrow.	September 22, 1996
17	A Leap Into Legend	Mrs Dingo's son Warri goes missing and Thowra, Boon Boon and Benni help to look for him. They eventually find the missing dingo pup in a hidden valley. Thowra later uses this valley to evade the Man.	September 30, 1996
18	Charlie Heads for the Mountains	After doing his chores, Charlie rides off to meet his grandfather. Charlie is stranded on a cliff ledge, but Thowra summons the Prospector to rescue him.	December 19, 1996
19	Charlie Helps a Friend	While trying to follow Thowra during a storm, Yooralla gets into trouble but is rescued by the Old Prospector and his grandson Charlie.	December 27, 1996
20	In it Together	Currawong and Mopoke get caught in a trap set by the two trappers.	December 29, 1996
21	Trappers Go Home	Thowra and Benni organise the creatures of the High Country to help drive-out the two trappers once and for all.	September 7, 1997
22	A Wombat in Trouble	One of Wombat's babies gets knocked over by the Trapper's jeep. Charlie takes him to be cared by his grandfather.	September 8, 1997
23	Wombat Goes on a Holiday	The Wombats go on a holiday but goes back to help a new brumby Gunda and save Thowra from Brolga.	September 9, 1997
24	Arrow Makes a Friend	Yooralla and Gunda are finally reunited. During a run in with Brolga, Arrow accidentally comes to their rescue.	September 12, 1997
25	Arrow Goes South	While Arrow and Yoorella look for a migrating Gunda, the Man in pursuit. Arrow is almost capture, but manages to shake off the Man.	September 14, 1997
26	Golden Returns	Golden returns to the High Country, then escapes and finds Thowra. They then rescue the Trappers who crashed down from a hot air balloon.	September 15, 1997
27	Long Hot Summer	Carrawong breaks the Man's mirror, which causes the sun to start a fire. Thowra and his friends rescue Golden with unexpected help from Carrawong.	August 1, 1998
28	An Unwelcome Stranger	An escaped lion frightens the High Country animals. Thowra gets the lion trapped in a pit, then helps him get home.	August 3,1998
29	Foals in Trouble	Yooralla and Yuri disregard Thowra's warning and get trapped in a flooding gorge, until lightning strikes the dam away.	August 5, 1998
30	The Brolga Wants a Fight	Brolga has to stop his fight with Thowra in order to help Aranda. Mopoke provides Aranda directions to save herself.	August 10, 1998
31	Charlie Saves the Brumbies	Arrow returns to the high country. Chased by Brolga, Arrow unwittingly helps Charlie to prevent the Brumbies getting caught.	August 16, 1998
32	Emus Get a Break	After a tangle with an Echidna, one of the emus has laid an egg. It turns out to be a gold nugget.	August 19, 1998
33	Trapped in the Snow	The man's prized bull breaks loose and rampages across the high country, until Thowra helps the man to catch him.	August 20, 1998
34	Youngsters' Winter Woes	Yooralla and Narrabri are trapped in the ice gorge and Wombat is stranded on an ice lake. Thowra comes to their rescue.	August 25, 1998
35	An Unexpected Encounter	Arrow is getting flustered from the harsh winter. The prospector gets trapped in his own house buried in snow. Thowra heads south to summon help, which Arrow is in need later.	August 29, 1998
36	The Cave of Wonder	After an earthquake occurs, Arrow hides in the waterfall cave from the Man. Thowra learns his destiny as he searches for Arrow. Brolga pursues them but the wombats unwittingly help them.	September 1, 1998
37	A Bothersome Nuisance	While Arrow is looking after Thowra's herd, a new ill-mannered brumby wants Boon Boon for a mate. After a run in with the Man, Brolga drives the new brumby away.	September 9, 1998
38	Getting Together	Arrow assumes leadership over the herd, taking them to Misty Lake, where some mysterious creature lingers revealed by Thowra to be a Bunyip. Brolga swears revenge after Currawong informs him.	September 11, 1998
39	The Final Encounter	Brolga challenges Thowra hearing that Boon Boon is his mate, which also arouses envy in Arrow. Thowra takes the challenge and eventually emerges victorious and banishing the Brolga from the High Country.	September 17, 1998

Home Media

Release The Animated Adventures of The Silver Brumby on DVD The Complete Series 1 DVD in 2006 and all these Volume 1-6 VHS in 1997 Australia on Roadshow Entertainment As many of you know, The Animated Adventures of The Silver Brumby is not available to buy on DVD. As of 29/4/2011 only the first series has been released in its entirety, with a bonus episode from series two, on Region 4 DVD format. Nine episodes have to date been released on Region 2 format.