Bodyline (miniseries)

Bodyline is an Australian 1984 television miniseries which dramatised the events of the 19321933 English Ashes cricket tour of Australia.

When originally shown on ChannelAustralia in July 1984 overconsecutive nights including extensive advertbreaks the runtime was approx.hours. Excluding advert breaks the actual runtime ishoursminutes. IMDb and Amazon give the total runtime of the official extensively cut, reedited and picturecropped from the original 43 picture ratio to a 169 picture ratio widescreen presentation DVD version as 330 minutes hoursminutes episodes of approx. 47 minutes each a total of 329 minutes.Therefore, the original version transmitted in its entirety by BBC2 Television in June 1985 is approximatelyhour 46 minutes longer than the official Australian DVD version of Bodyline. BBC2 had licence for UK premiere broadcast and one repeat showing before transmission rights reverted to Australian TV Networkand KennedyMiller for DVD production. ........

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