Howzat! Kerry Packer's War

Howzat! Kerry Packer's War is an Australian drama-miniseries set in the 1970s that premiered on the Nine Network on Sunday 19 August 2012.^[1][2][3]

Howzat! Kerry Packer's War
DVD cover
Genre	Drama Miniseries
Written by	Christopher Lee
Directed by	Daina Reid
Starring	Lachy Hulme Matthew Le Nevez Brendan Cowell Damon Gameau Abe Forsythe Cariba Heine
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producers	Jo Rooney Rory Callaghan
Producers	Mimi Butler John Edwards
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	Southern Star Entertainment
Original release
Network	Nine Network
Release	19 August (2012-08-19) – 26 August 2012 (2012-08-26)

Plot

The Ashes is the pinnacle of world cricket with two old enemies, Australia and England, going head to head. This series is the story of World Series Cricket and its creator, Australian media mogul Kerry Packer, who signed up the world's greatest players and set up a parallel cricket competition.

The Australian cricket team, visiting England in 1977 for the Ashes series, fields a team full of legends. Cricket is undergoing a revolution and the cricket establishment will be brought to its knees.

Cast

Left to right: Richard Davies, Lachy Hulme, Alexander England and Damon Gameau promoting Howzat! Kerry Packer's War at GQ Australia Men of The Year Awards 2012

• Lachy Hulme as Kerry Packer
• Travis McMahon as Paul Hogan
• Abe Forsythe as John Cornell
• Cariba Heine as Delvene Delaney
• Peter Houghton as Richie Benaud
• Clayton Watson as Ian Chappell
• Damon Gameau as Greg Chappell
• Matthew Le Nevez as Dennis Lillee
• Ryan O'Kane as Jeff Thomson
• Brendan Cowell as Rod Marsh
• Richard Davies as David Hookes
• Nicholas Coghlan as Austin Robertson Jr.
• Alexander England as Tony Greig
• Andrew Carbone as Max Walker
• Russell Newman as Harry Chester
• Tony Briggs as Clive Lloyd
• Daniel Worrall as Mick Malone
• Craig Hall as Gavin Warner
• Mandy McElhinney as Rose
• Nicholas Bell as Clive Bell
• Brett Cousins as Alan "Mo" Morris
• Angus Sampson as Alan "Jo"Johnston
• Paul Denny as Bruce Francis
• Eliza Taylor as Rhonda
• Diane Craig as well-dressed woman at SCG

Ratings

No.	Title	Air date	Overnight ratings		Consolidated ratings		Total viewers	Ref(s)
			Viewers	Rank	Viewers	Rank
1	Part One	19 August 2012	2,097,000	1	277,000	1	2,374,000	[4][5][6]
2	Part Two	26 August 2012	2,091,000	1	253,000	1	2,344,000	[7][8]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2013	Logie Awards	Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie		Won	[9]
		Most Popular Miniseries or Telemovie		Won
		Most Outstanding Actor	Lachy Hulme	Nominated
		Most Popular Actor	Lachy Hulme	Nominated
		Most Outstanding Actress	Mandy McElhinney	Nominated
	AACTA Awards	Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series		Won	[10]
		Best Direction	Daina Reid (for "Part 1")	Nominated
		Best Lead Actor	Lachy Hulme	Nominated
		Best Guest or Supporting Actor	Abe Forsythe	Nominated
		Best Guest or Supporting Actress	Mandy McElhinney	Won
	Australian Directors' Guild Awards	Best Direction in TV Mini Series	Daina Reid	Nominated	[11]
	Equity Awards	Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Television Movie or Miniseries	Cast	Nominated	[12]

Book

Howzat! Kerry Packer's War, is also a book by Christopher Lee, who wrote the screenplay of the TV series. It was first published in 2012 by New South Publishing, an imprint of The University of New South Wales.

See also

• Cricket portal

• World Series Cricket
• Cricket World Cup
• Limited overs cricket
• South African rebel tours
• Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch War