Bodyline

Bodyline (1984)


  • Genre: Drama
  • First Air Date: 1984-03-19
  • Last Air Date: 1984-03-19
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 7
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 50 min.
  • Production Company: Kennedy Miller Productions
  • Production Country: Australia
  • Network: Network Ten
  • Directors: , .
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Summary

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.

  • Keywords: england, australia, cricket, miniseries, 1930s

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    Bodyline Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1984-03-19
    7 Episodes

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    • 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

    • John Doyle

      as George 'Gubby' Allen

    • Bill Young

      as Bill Bowes

    • Terry Bader

      as Bob Wyatt

    • Richard Carter

      as Bill Voce

    • Arthur Dignam

      as Mr. Jardine

    • Jane Harders

      as Mrs. Jardine

    • John Clayton

      as Mr. Bradman

    • Colleen Fitzpatrick

      as Mrs. Bradman

    • Julie Nihill

      as Jessie Bradman

    • Vincent Ball

      as Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister)

    • Peter Dahlsen

      as Les Ames

    • Nicholas Gledhill

      as Douglas Jardine (young)

    • Peter Gwynne

      as Aubrey Oxlade

    • Peter Whitford

      as Dr. Allen Robertson

    • Bruce Myles

      as William Jeanes

    • George Whaley

      as Lord Hawke

    • Paul Chubb

      as Ernest Jones (Barracker)

    • John Sheerin

      as Bill Ponsford

    • Michael Winchester

      as Stan McCabe

    • Ned Manning

      as Jack Fingleton

    • Michael O'Neill

      as Viv Richardson

    • Robert Giltinan

      as Leo O'Brien

    • Laurie Moran

      as Bert Ironmonger

    • Leslie Dayman

      as Bert Oldfield

    • Reg Gillam

      as Sir Clive Wigram

    • Norman May

      as Commentator

    • Brian McDermott

      as Frank Packer

    • Bruce Stewart

      as Sir Ernest Crutchley

    • Tim McKenzie

      as Waiter - Perth Reception
    Directing George Ogilvie Director
    Directing Lex Marinos Director
    Writing Robert Caswell Writer
    Writing Terry Hayes Writer
    Writing George Ogilvie Writer
    Production Antonia Barnard Production Manager
    Writing Lex Marinos Writer
    Sound Chris Neal Music
    Production Terry Hayes Producer
    Costume & Make-Up Robyn Richards Costume Design
    Art Billy Allen Art Direction
    Production Byron Kennedy Executive Producer
    Production Doug Mitchell Executive Producer
    Editing Richard Francis-Bruce Editor
    Art Owen Williams Production Design
    Production Francine Finnane Researcher
    Writing George Miller Writer
    Production George Miller Producer
    Writing Francine Finnane Writer
    Writing Carl Schultz Writer
    Editing David Stiven Editor
    Production Graham Shirley Researcher
    Camera Dean Semler Director of Photography
    Writing Denny Lawrence Story

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