The read
The series ran 1 season across 7 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
7 audience votes
Seasons
| 1 | Season 1 | 7 ep1984 |
Key crew
- Lex MarinosDirector
- George OgilvieDirector
- Robert CaswellWriter
- Francine FinnaneWriter
- Terry HayesWriter
- Lex MarinosWriter
- George MillerWriter
- George OgilvieWriter
- Carl SchultzWriter
Cast
- Hugo WeavingDouglas Jardine
- Gary SweetDonald Bradman
- Jim HoltHarold Larwood
- Rhys McConnochiePelham Warner
- John GreggPercy George Fender
- Heather MitchellEdith
- Frank ThringLord Harris
- Max CullenClive 'Chooka' Cooper (Reporter)
- John WaltonBill Woodfull
- Ashok BanthiaNawab of Pataudi
- Alan David LeeEddie Paynter
- Bill YoungBill Bowes