7.7

Bodyline
Ended
3/19/1984
en - AU
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.
Drama
Actors

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
Season 1
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