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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.
Seasons
Season 1 (1984)7
Keywords
england
australia
cricket
miniseries
1930s
Casts

Hugo Weaving
Douglas Jardine

Gary Sweet
Donald Bradman

Jim Holt
Harold Larwood

Rhys McConnochie
Pelham Warner

John Gregg
Percy George Fender

Heather Mitchell
Edith

Frank Thring
Lord Harris

Max Cullen
Clive 'Chooka' Cooper (Reporter)

John Walton
Bill Woodfull

Ashok Banthia
Nawab of Pataudi

Alan David Lee
Eddie Paynter

Bill Young
Bill Bowes
Terry Bader
Bob Wyatt

Richard Carter
Bill Voce

Arthur Dignam
Mr. Jardine

Jane Harders
Mrs. Jardine

John Clayton
Mr. Bradman
Colleen Fitzpatrick
Mrs. Bradman

Julie Nihill
Jessie Bradman

Vincent Ball
Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister)
Peter Dahlsen
Les Ames
Nicholas Gledhill
Douglas Jardine (young)

Peter Gwynne
Aubrey Oxlade

Peter Whitford
Dr. Allen Robertson

Bruce Myles
William Jeanes

George Whaley
Lord Hawke

Paul Chubb
Ernest Jones (Barracker)

John Sheerin
Bill Ponsford

Michael Winchester
Stan McCabe

Ned Manning
Jack Fingleton
Michael O'Neill
Viv Richardson
Robert Giltinan
Leo O'Brien
Laurie Moran
Bert Ironmonger

Leslie Dayman
Bert Oldfield
Reg Gillam
Sir Clive Wigram
Norman May
Commentator

Brian McDermott
Frank Packer
Bruce Stewart
Sir Ernest Crutchley

Tim McKenzie
Waiter - Perth Reception
John Doyle
George 'Gubby' Allen
Crews

George Ogilvie
Director

Lex Marinos
Director
Robert Caswell
Writer

Terry Hayes
Writer

George Ogilvie
Writer
Antonia Barnard
Production Manager

Lex Marinos
Writer
Chris Neal
Music

Terry Hayes
Producer
Robyn Richards
Costume Design
Billy Allen
Art Direction
Byron Kennedy
Executive Producer

Doug Mitchell
Executive Producer

Richard Francis-Bruce
Editor
Owen Williams
Production Design
Francine Finnane
Researcher

George Miller
Writer

George Miller
Producer
Francine Finnane
Writer

Carl Schultz
Writer
David Stiven
Editor
Graham Shirley
Researcher

Dean Semler
Director of Photography
Denny Lawrence
Story
Backdrops & Posters

