Bodyline
tv show
7 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired July 16, 1984
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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.
Cast
Hugo Weaving
as
Douglas Jardine
Gary Sweet
as
Donald Bradman
Jim Holt
as
Harold Larwood
Rhys McConnochie
as
Pelham Warner
John Gregg
as
Percy George Fender
Heather Mitchell
as
Edith
Frank Thring
as
Lord Harris
Max Cullen
as
Clive 'Chooka' Cooper (Reporter)
John Walton
as
Bill Woodfull
Ashok Banthia
as
Nawab of Pataudi
Alan David Lee
as
Eddie Paynter
Bill Young
as
Bill Bowes
Crew
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Billy Allen
as
Art Direction
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Owen Williams
as
Production Design
Dean Semler
as
Director of Photography
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Robyn Richards
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Costume Design
Carl Schultz
as
Director
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Lex Marinos
as
Director
George Ogilvie
as
Director
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Denny Lawrence
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Director
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David Stiven
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Editor
Richard Francis-Bruce
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Editor
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Graham Shirley
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Researcher
Doug Mitchell
as
Executive Producer