Bodyline (miniseries)

Bodyline
Bodyline (DVD cover)
GenreDrama, cricket
miniseries
Directed byCarl Schultz
George Ogilvie
Denny Lawrence
Lex Marinos
StarringGary Sweet
Hugo Weaving
Jim Holt
Rhys McConnochie
Frank Thring
Theme music composerChris Neal
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes7
Production
Running time50 minutes
Production companyKennedy Miller
Original release
NetworkNetwork Ten
Release16 July (1984-07-16)[1] โ€“
27 August 1984 (1984-08-27)
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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 1932โ€“33 Ashes tour of Australia.

  1. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p178