Empire of Cricket
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Documentary
Seasons | 1
Episodes | 4
avg.Runtime | 60 min
First EP | 2009-05-31
Last EP | 2009-06-21
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Series telling the story of cricket from exploring the colonial links of the game to situations of sporting apartheid. There are interviews with famous cricketers such as Ian Botham, Graham Gooch, Nasser Hussain and Viv Richards.
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Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 2009-05-31
1
England
2009-05-31
A look at how the English invented cricket and exported it to the wider British Empire.
2
West Indies
2009-06-07
The story of the development of cricket in the West Indies.
3
Australia
2009-06-14
How Australia got the best cricket team in the world. Interviewees include Shane Warne.
4
India
2009-06-21
The story of the Indian game, from its beginnings as the sport of the English colonisers to the riches and razzmatazz of today's Indian Premier League.
Includes interviews with cricketers Kapil Dev, Bishan Bedi, Farokh Engineer, Sachin Tendulkar, Madan Lal, Michael Holding and Shane Warne.
CAST
charactor:
Original: Colin Salmon
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: David Gower
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Shane Warne
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Garfield Sobers
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Brian Close
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Mike Gatting
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Tom Graveney
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Everton Weekes
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Bob Willis
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Trevor Bailey
Total EP: 1
CREW
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