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Bodyline
Drama
July 16, 1984 (began 42 years ago)
7.6/10
Ended
1 Season
7 Episodes
10

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.

Hugo Weaving
Hugo Weaving

Hugo Weaving

Douglas Jardine

Age 24 (now 66)

7 eps
Gary Sweet
Gary Sweet

Gary Sweet

Donald Bradman

Age 27 (now 69)

7 eps
Jim Holt
Jim Holt

Jim Holt

Harold Larwood

Age 28 (now 70)

7 eps
John Gregg
John Gregg

John Gregg

Percy George Fender

Age 45 (died at 82)

7 eps
Heather Mitchell
Heather Mitchell

Heather Mitchell

Edith

Age 26 (now 68)

7 eps
Frank Thring
Frank Thring

Frank Thring

Lord Harris

Age 58 (died at 68)

7 eps
Max Cullen
Max Cullen

Max Cullen

Clive 'Chooka' Cooper (Reporter)

Age 44 (now 86)

7 eps
John Walton
John Walton

John Walton

Bill Woodfull

Age 31 (died at 61)

7 eps
Bill Young
Bill Young

Bill Young

Bill Bowes

Age 34 (now 76)

7 eps
Richard Carter
Richard Carter

Richard Carter

Bill Voce

Age 30 (died at 65)

7 eps
Arthur Dignam
Arthur Dignam

Arthur Dignam

Mr. Jardine

Age 44 (now 86)

7 eps