Bodyline (1984)
HD Ended
Season
Episode
Overview
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.
Details
- Type
- TV Show
- Original title
- Bodyline
- Released
- 1984-07-16
- Status
- Ended
- Director
- Lex Marinos
- Country
- Australia
- Quality
- HD
- Production
- Kennedy Miller Productions
- Network
- 10
- Language
- English
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 7
Cast
Hugo Weaving
Douglas Jardine
Gary Sweet
Donald Bradman
Jim Holt
Harold Larwood
Rhys McConnochie
Pelham Warner
John Gregg
Percy George Fender
Heather Mitchell
Edith
Frank Thring
Lord Harris
Max Cullen
Clive 'Chooka' Cooper (Reporter)
John Walton
Bill Woodfull
Ashok Banthia
Nawab of Pataudi
Alan David Lee
Eddie Paynter
Bill Young
Bill Bowes
