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Bodyline (1984)

Bodyline poster
Directed by
Carl Schultz
Genre
drama film
Country
Australia
Length
1 season, 7 episodes
Rated
PG
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This miniseries tells the story of the 1932-1933 English cricket tour of Australia. It focuses on the controversial bodyline bowling tactic that the English team used and the resulting conflict between the two nations.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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