Bodyline

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Drama·1984·1 Seasons

Dramatization of the 1932/33 Test cricket series between England and Australia. Played in Australia, the series gained notoriety in Australian and worldwide cricketing history for the fact that the English team (headed by captain Douglas Jardine) applied a bowling technique called "leg theory", or more commonly, Bodyline. This technique involved bowlers bowling the ball directly at the batsman's body, and resulted in many of the Australian team receiving numerous bruises and injuries, with batsman Bert Oldfield sustaining a cracked skull. The series generated much anger and resentment towards the English team within Australia and seriously damaged Anglo-Australian cricketing relations at the time.

Starring: Hugo Weaving,Gary Sweet,Jim Holt,Rhys McConnochie

Episodes

Season 1
Empire

S01 | E01

Empire

1984-07-16

On Debut

S01 | E02

On Debut

Episode 3

S01 | E03

Episode 3

Episode 4

S01 | E04

Episode 4

Episode 5

S01 | E05

Episode 5

Episode 6

S01 | E06

Episode 6

Episode 7

S01 | E07

Episode 7

Cast

Hugo Weaving

Hugo Weaving

Douglas Jardine

Gary Sweet

Gary Sweet

Donald Bradman

Jim Holt

Jim Holt

Harold Larwood

Rhys McConnochie

Rhys McConnochie

Pelham Warner

John Gregg

John Gregg

Percy George Fender

Heather Mitchell

Heather Mitchell

Edith

Frank Thring

Frank Thring

Lord Harris

Max Cullen

Max Cullen

Clive 'Chooka' Cooper (Reporter)

John Walton

John Walton

Bill Woodfull

Ashok Banthia

Ashok Banthia

Nawab of Pataudi

Alan David Lee

Alan David Lee

Eddie Paynter

Bill Young

Bill Young

Bill Bowes

Terry Bader

Terry Bader

Bob Wyatt

Richard Carter

Richard Carter

Bill Voce

Details

First Aired
1984-07-16
Last Aired
1984-07-16
Status
Ended
Network
10
Production
Kennedy Miller Productions
Creator