
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.
Last Episode Date: 1984-03-19
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Casts

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