Bodyline
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.
Cast
Hugo Weaving
Douglas Jardine
7 episodes
Gary Sweet
Donald Bradman
7 episodes
Jim Holt
Harold Larwood
7 episodes
Rhys McConnochie
Pelham Warner
7 episodes
John Gregg
Percy George Fender
7 episodes
Heather Mitchell
Edith
7 episodes
Frank Thring
Lord Harris
7 episodes
Max Cullen
Clive 'Chooka' Cooper (Reporter)
7 episodes
John Walton
Bill Woodfull
7 episodes
Ashok Banthia
Nawab of Pataudi
7 episodes
Alan David Lee
Eddie Paynter
7 episodes
Bill Young
Bill Bowes
7 episodes
Terry Bader
Bob Wyatt
7 episodes
Richard Carter
Bill Voce
7 episodes
Arthur Dignam
Mr. Jardine
7 episodes
Jane Harders
Mrs. Jardine
7 episodes
John Clayton
Mr. Bradman
7 episodes
Colleen Fitzpatrick
Mrs. Bradman
7 episodes
Julie Nihill
Jessie Bradman
7 episodes
Vincent Ball
Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister)
7 episodes
Peter Dahlsen
Les Ames
7 episodes
Nicholas Gledhill
Douglas Jardine (young)
7 episodes
Peter Gwynne
Aubrey Oxlade
7 episodes
Peter Whitford
Dr. Allen Robertson
7 episodes
Crew
- Executive Producers
- Byron Kennedy, Doug Mitchell
Seasons
Season 1
1984 · 7 eps
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