Bodyline: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: Bodyline
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1984-03-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 1984-03-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Nine Network
• Network country: Australia
• TVMaze ID: 90359
• IMDb ID: tt0086672
• TVDB ID: 80164

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1984-03-19; final listed air date 1984-03-19.

Source and licence

Adapted from Bodyline on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.