Release Date

16 Jul, 1984

Total Episode/Season

7/1

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Bodyline

Photos

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Season 1

16 Jul, 1984

Actors

Hugo Weaving

Gary Sweet

Jim Holt

Rhys McConnochie

John Gregg

Heather Mitchell

Frank Thring

Max Cullen

John Walton

Ashok Banthia

Alan David Lee

Bill Young

Terry Bader

Richard Carter

Arthur Dignam

Jane Harders

John Clayton

Colleen Fitzpatrick

Julie Nihill

Vincent Ball

Peter Dahlsen

Crew

Lex Marinos

George Ogilvie

Billy Allen

Robert Caswell

George Miller

Chris Neal

Robyn Richards

George Miller

George Ogilvie

Byron Kennedy

David Stiven

Terry Hayes

Doug Mitchell

Owen Williams