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
  • Networks: Network Ten
  • Directors: Lex Marinos, George Ogilvie.
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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.

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Bodyline Seasons

Season 1

First Air Date: 1984-03-19
7 Episodes

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

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