Bodyline (1984)
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Terry Bader
Bob Wyatt
Richard Carter
Bill Voce
Arthur Dignam
Mr. Jardine
Jane Harders
Mrs. Jardine
John Clayton
Mr. Bradman
Colleen Fitzpatrick
Mrs. Bradman
Julie Nihill
Jessie Bradman
Vincent Ball
Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister)
Peter Dahlsen
Les Ames
Nicholas Gledhill
Douglas Jardine (young)
Peter Gwynne
Aubrey Oxlade
Peter Whitford
Dr. Allen Robertson
Bruce Myles
William Jeanes
George Whaley
Lord Hawke
Paul Chubb
Ernest Jones (Barracker)
John Sheerin
Bill Ponsford
Michael Winchester
Stan McCabe
Ned Manning
Jack Fingleton
Michael O'Neill
Viv Richardson
Robert Giltinan
Leo O'Brien
Laurie Moran
Bert Ironmonger
Leslie Dayman
Bert Oldfield
Reg Gillam
Sir Clive Wigram
Norman May
Commentator
Brian McDermott
Frank Packer
Bruce Stewart
Sir Ernest Crutchley
Tim McKenzie
Waiter - Perth Reception
John Doyle
George 'Gubby' Allen
Lex Marinos
Director / Writer
George Ogilvie
Director / Writer
Billy Allen
Art Direction
Robert Caswell
Writer
George Miller
Writer / Producer
Chris Neal
Music
Robyn Richards
Costume Design
Byron Kennedy
Executive Producer
Media.
Details.
This TV Show Is About.
australia
england
cricket
miniseries
1930s
Miniseries
Wiki.
Bodyline is an Australian 1984 television miniseries which dramatised the events of the 1932β1933 English Ashes cricket tour of Australia. The title refers to the bodyline cricketing tactic (also known as fast leg theory) devised by the English cricket team during their 1932β33 Ashes tour of Australia.
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