Howzat! Kerry Packer's War

Howzat! Kerry Packer's War
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 Darryl Brown
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	2
Production
Running time	90 minutes
Production company(s)	Endemol Australia (Then branded as Southern Star Group)
Distributor	Nine Network
Release
Original network	Nine Network
Original release	19 August – 26 August 2012

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.

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.

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.

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