Airdate: Bodyline: The Ultimate Test

Writer performer Adam Zwar turns his attention to one of the most well known conflicts in the history of sport for a new ABC documentary: the infamous Bodyline test cricket series of 1932 and 1933.

Self confessed cricket tragic, writer and comedian Adam Zwar will try to discover what happened at the crease and chart the wider social and cultural implications of the controversy by enlisting historians, sports scientists, and cricket stars to simulate the actual events.

Adam is going back to live out a childhood fantasy or two. He is going to use machines, fancy cameras, and the latest in computer graphics. Modern day players will help him prepare. Adam will witness the real damage a high speed cricket ball can do.

“I always wondered what Bodyline was really like. As a school boy batsman who once dreamed of wearing the baggy green, could I face what those guys faced? Could I stand where the Don stood?” – Adam Zwar (host)

In the end, Adam will be on his own, with no helmet, no modern padding, and just a bat for protection. How will he handle this ultimate test?

Bodyline: The Ultimate Test airs Sunday, 17 November at 7.30pm on ABC1