Bodyline

Bodyline is an Australian 1984 television miniseries which dramatised the events of the 1932–1933 English Ashes cricket tour of Australia. The title refers to the bodyline cricketing tactic (also known as fast leg theory) devised by the English cricket team during their 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia. Plot The events leading up to the England Cricket Team's 1932–1933 Ashes tour of Australia and the tactics, of bowling directly at the batsman, used by the English cricket team to counteract the extraordinary batting prowess of Australian cricketer Donald Bradman during the Ashes series. Cast Hugo Weaving as Douglas Jardine Gary Sweet as Donald Bradman Jim Holt as Harold Larwood Rhys McConnochie as Pelham "Plum" Warner John Gregg as Percy Fender Heather Mitchell as Edith Clarke (Jardine's Egyptologist girlfriend) (fictitious character) John Walton as Bill Woodfull John Doyle as George "Gubby" Allen Frank Thring as Lord Harris Ashok Banthia as the Nawab of Pataudi Jane Harders as Mrs Jardine (Douglas Jardine's mother) Julie Nihill as Jessie Bradman (Donald Bradman's wife) Max Cullen as Chooka (the reporter) Vincent Ball as Joseph Lyons, the Prime Minister of Australia Colin Croft as Sir Stanley Jackson Richard Carter (credited as "Ric Carter") as Bill Voce Bill Young as Bill Bowes Alan David Lee as Eddie Paynter Terry Bader as Bob Wyatt Michael Winchester as Stan McCabe Michael O'Neill as Vic Richardson Leslie Dayman as Bert Oldfield John Sheerin as Bill Ponsford Lauri Moran as Bert Ironmonger George Whaley as Lord Hawke Celia De Burgh as Mrs Larwood (Harold Larwood's wife) Reg Gillam as Sir Clive Wigram Edward Howell as Lord Hailsham Paul Chubb as "Yabba" (The Barracker) Arthur Dignam as Mr Jardine (Douglas Jardine's father) John Clayton as Mr Bradman (Donald Bradman's father) Peter Whitford as Robertson Peter Dahlsen as Les Ames Mark Hope as Herbert Sutcliffe Michael Jay as Leyland Bernard Ledger as George Duckworth Doug Middleton as Walter Wally Ron Stephenson as Hedley Verity Stewart Faichney as Alan Kippax Robert Giltinan as Leo O'Brien Ross Hall as Bill O'Reilly Scott Lowe as Tim Wall Ned Manning as Jack Fingleton Peter Philpott as Clarrie Grimmett Brian Anderson as Umpire Hele Brian McDermott as Frank Packer Vivienne Garrett as Post mistress Peter Gwynne as Oxlade Christian Manon Production The producers were George Miller, Byron Kennedy and Terry Hayes.