CinemaOSSeries · 1984 · 1 Season

Bodyline

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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.

Play
Status
Ended
Language
EN
First aired
July 16, 1984
Last aired
July 16, 1984
Seasons
1
Episodes
7
Network
10

Season 1

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Showrunner
Byron Kennedy
Doug Mitchell
Doug Mitchell
Written by
Robert Caswell
Terry Hayes
Terry Hayes
Produced by
Terry Hayes
Terry Hayes
George Miller
George Miller

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