Howzat! Kerry Packer's War: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Howzat! Kerry Packer's War is how legendary media mogul Kerry Packer fought a cricket war by secretly signing up 50 of the world's greatest players to form a breakaway tournament. Packer took on the Australian Cricket Board and MCCC in a war over TV rights and threw the cricket world into turmoil by creating ‘World Series Cricket'. He knew the players, who had been underpaid for years, were on the point of rebellion against the cricket authorities. His rebel games clashed head-on with official test matches, and the war was on. Polishing an idea by John Cornell, Packer fought a bitter two-year battle against the cricket establishment doing its best to protect the hundred-year legacy of pride in the traditional nature of the poorly paid game. The result changed cricket forever.

Series details

• Title: Howzat! Kerry Packer's War
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2012-08-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-08-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Nine Network
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 120 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 19632
• IMDb ID: tt2311643
• TVDB ID: 261434

Cast and credited roles

• Damon Gameau — Greg Chappell
• Travis McMahon — Paul Hogan
• Lachy Hulme — Kerry Packer
• Craig Hall — Gavin Warner
• Mandy McElhinney — Rose Mitchell
• Abe Forsythe — John Cornell
• Brendan Cowell — Rodney Marsh
• Cariba Heine — Delvene Delaney
• Clayton Watson — Ian Chappell
• Nicholas Coghlan — Austin Robertson
• Nicholas Cooper — Gary Cosier
• Peter Houghton — Richie Benaud

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-08-19; final listed air date 2012-08-26; episode order: 2.

Source and licence

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