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.
Year: 1984
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Studio: Network Ten
Director:
Cast: Hugo Weaving, Gary Sweet, Jim Holt, Rhys McConnochie, John Gregg, Heather Mitchell
Crew: Lex Marinos (Director), George Ogilvie (Director), Robert Caswell (Writer), Francine Finnane (Writer), Terry Hayes (Writer), Lex Marinos (Writer)
First Air Date: Mar 19, 1984
Last Air date: Mar 19, 1984
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 7 Episode
Runtime: 50 minutes
IMDb: 7.70/10 by 6.00 users
Popularity: 2.0545
Language: English
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