Bodyline
19/03/1984
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.
TV Show Information
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
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
John Doyle
as George 'Gubby' Allen
