Bodyline | |
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Genre | Drama, cricket miniseries |
Directed by | Carl Schultz George Ogilvie Denny Lawrence Lex Marinos |
Starring | Gary Sweet Hugo Weaving Jim Holt Rhys McConnochie Frank Thring |
Theme music composer | Chris Neal |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 7 |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Production company | Kennedy Miller |
Original release | |
Network | Network Ten |
Release | 16 July[1] – 27 August 1984 |
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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 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia.