# 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.

## 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

* 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
* Angus Sampson as Alan Johnston
* Paul Denny as Bruce Francis
* Eliza Taylor as Rhonda

## Ratings

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

## Accolades

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

## 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.