Bodyline (miniseries)
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- This page is about the Bodyline television miniseries
- For the events on which the miniseries was based, see Bodyline
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 Bodyline (DVD cover) |
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| Format | Drama, cricket miniseries |
| Starring | Gary Sweet Hugo Weaving Jim Holt Rhys McConnochie Frank Thring |
| Country of origin |  Australia |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
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| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Network Ten |
| Original run | 16 July 1984 – mid-August 1984 |
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Bodyline was an Australian 1984 television miniseries which dramatised the events of the 1932–1933 English Ashes cricket tour of Australia.
The producers were George Miller and Terry Hayes . The directors were Denny Lawrence, Lex Marinos, George Ogilvie and Carl Schultz. The scriptwriters for the mini-series were Robert Caswell, Lex Marinos, Denny Lawrence and Terry Hayes. The music for the mini-series was written by Chris Neal and Phillip Scott. Photography was by Dean Semler and Andrew Lesnie.
The 10 part miniseries was a ratings success, and was shown over a four-week period.
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[edit] Plot
The events leading up to the England Cricket Team Ashes tour of Australia (1932-1933) and the tactics, of bowling directly at the batsman, used by the English cricket team to counteract the batting prowess of Australian cricketer Donald Bradman during the Ashes series.
[edit] Cast
- Gary Sweet as Donald Bradman
- Hugo Weaving as Douglas Jardine
- Jim Holt as Harold Larwood
- Rhys McConnochie as Pelham Warner
- Frank Thring as Lord Harris
- Heather Mitchell as Edith
- Julie Nihill as Jessie Bradman (Donald Bradman's wife)
- John Gregg as Percy George Fender
- John Walton as Bill Woodfull
- Max Cullen as Chooka (the reporter)
- Vincent Bell as the Prime Minister
- Colin Croft as Sir Stanley Jackson
- Les Dayman as Bert Oldfield
- John Doyle as George "Gubby" Allen
- George Whaley as Lord Hawke
- Celia De Burgh as Mrs. Larwood
- Reg Gillam as Sir Clive Wigram
- Edward Howell as Lord Hailsham
- Paul Chubb as "Yabba"
- Arthur Digman
- John Clayton
- Peter Whitford
[edit] References
- "The Dictionary of Performing Arts in Australia — Theatre . Film . Radio . Television — Volume 1" — Ann Atkinson, Linsay Knight, Margaret McPhee — Allen & Unwin Pty. Ltd., 1996
- "The Australian Film and Television Companion" — compiled by Tony Harrison — Simon & Schuster Australia, 1994
[edit] External links
- Bodyline at the Internet Movie Database
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