

Bodyline

Bodyline
1984 | Australia | English
1984 | Australia | English
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.
Company:
Kennedy Miller Productions
Network:
Network Ten

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Spoken Languages
English
Type of Content
Series
Scripted
True
Content Age
Not Rated
Release Date
March 19, 1984
Hispanic
No Hispanic
Status
Ended
Alternative Titles
No data available
Local Production
False
Genres
History, Drama, Sport, Mini-Series
Keywords
England, Australia, Cricket, MiniSeries, 1930s
Homepage
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Production Companies
Kennedy Miller Productions