Cricket in film and television

Cricket, though one of the most popular sports in the world, has not seen the popularity that other sports have seen in the film and television industry. There are very few cricket themed movies and mini-series.

Cricket themed

Documentary

• Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism (1976) (Australia/Papua New Guinea)
• Not Cricket: The Basil d'Oliveira Conspiracy (2004) (UK)
• Cricket and the Meaning of Life (2005) (Canada)
• An Aussie Goes Barmy (2006) (Australia)
• An Aussie Goes Bolly (2008) (Australia)
• Breaking Boundaries (2008) (Ireland)
• Out of the Ashes (2009) (UK/Afghanistan)
• Fire in Babylon (2010) (UK)
• From the Ashes (2011) (UK)

Films

• The Final Test [1] (1953) (UK)
• P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang (1982) (UK)
• Arthur's Hallowed Ground (1984) (UK)
• Playing Away [2] (1987) (UK)
• Awwal Number [3] (1990) (India)
• Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) (India)
• Stumped [4] (2003) (India)
• Wondrous Oblivion (2003) (UK)
• Iqbal (2005) (India)
• Chennai 600028 (2007) (India)
• Jannat (2008) (India)
• Victory (2008) (India)
• Hansie [5] (2008) (South Africa)
• I Know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer (2008) (Australia)
• Hit for Six (2009) (Barbados)
• Dil Bole Hadippa! (2009) (India)
• Patiala House (2011) (India)
• sinhawalokanaya (2011) (Sri lanka)

TV series

• The Magnificent Six and ½ - episode: It's Not Cricket (1969) (UK)
• Bodyline: It's Not Just Cricket (1984) (Australia)
• Ever Decreasing Circles - episode 2.2: The Cricket Match (1984) (UK)
• Inspector Morse - episode: Deceived by Flight (1989) (UK)
• Outside Edge (a UK sitcom based on the stage play of the same name) (1994–96) (UK)
• Sports Night - episode: 1.21 Ten Wickets (1999) (USA)
• Midsomer Murders - episode Dead Man's Eleven (1999) (UK)
• The Inspector Lynley Mysteries - episode 2.1: Playing for the Ashes (2002) (UK)
• Dad's Army - episode 4.10: The Test (1970) (UK)
• Duck Tales - episode 1.51 - Take Me Out of the Ballgame (Duckworth mistakes Baseball for Cricket)

Cricket scenes

Australia

• The Paul Hogan Show - episodes: multiple (1973-1984)
• Neighbours - episodes: multiple (1985-)
• ANZACS (1985)
• Home and Away - episodes: multiple (1988-)
• The Bounty - (1995 Kinopanorama documentary)
• The Dish (2000)
• Look Both Ways (2005)

Canada

• Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller (1988)
• Road to Avonlea (serial) - episode 2.2: How kissing was discovered (1990)
• Seducing Doctor Lewis ("La Grande Séduction") (2003)

India

• Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1963)
• Masoom (1983)
• Chamatkar (1992)
• Darr (1993)
• Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (1994)
• Mission Kashmir (2000)
• Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (2001)
• Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (2001)
• Lagaan (2001)
• Monsoon Wedding (2001)
• I Love You Daa (2002)
• Priyamana Thozhi (2003)
• Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004)
• Iqbal (2005)
• Hattrick (2005)

US (Hollywood)

• Mary Poppins (1964)
• This is Spinal Tap (1984)
• The Simpsons - episodes: various (1989-)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
• King Ralph (1991)
• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• The Beach (2000)
• Vertical Limit (2000)
• The West Wing - episode 1.22: What Kind of Day has it Been? (2000)
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
• Finding Neverland (2004)
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
• Syriana (2005)
• A Good Year (2006)
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - episode 1.4: The West Coast Delay (2006)
• The Big Bang Theory - episode 1.8: The Grasshopper Experiment (2007)
• The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
• Lost - episode 4.2: Confirmed Dead (2007)
• The Deal (2008)
• Fool's Gold (2008)
• Frost/Nixon (2008)
• Friends With Benefits (2011)

UK

• Tom Brown's Schooldays (1916)
• A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929)
• Badger's Green (1934)
• It's Not Cricket (1937)
• The Lady Vanishes (1938)
• Goodbye, Mr Chips (1939)
• Night Train to Munich (1940)
• Badger's Green (1949)
• It's Not Cricket (1949)
• Three Men in a Boat (1956)
• The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
• The Avengers - episode: Honey for the Prince (1966)
• Accident [6] (1967)
• Carry On Follow That Camel (1967)
• The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
• Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
• Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974)
• The Go-Between (1970)
• Tom Brown's Schooldays (1971)
• Love Thy Neighbour (1973)
• Fawlty Towers - episode 1.6 The Germans (1975)
• The Shout (1978)
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979)
• Doctor Who - episode: The Black Orchid (1981)
• Chariots of Fire (1981)
• Bergerac (1981–1991)
• The Young Ones - episode 2.2: Cash and 2.6: Summer Holiday (1984)
• Charters & Caldicott (1985)
• Yes, Prime Minister - episode 1.3: The Smoke Screen (1986)
• A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1986–1994)
• Maurice (1987)
• Hope and Glory (1987)
• Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995)
• The Crying Game (1992)
• The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)
• Welcome To Sarajevo (1997)
• Michael Palin - Full Circle - episode 4: Cricket in Hanoi (1997)
• Midsomer Murders - episode 8 - Dead man's 11 (1999)
• The League of Gentlemen (1999–2002)
• Chicken Run (2000)
• Da Ali G Show (2000)
• Bend it like Beckham (2002)
• Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
• Himalaya with Michael Palin (2004)
• Shaun of the Dead (2004)
• The Proposition (2005)
• Tom Brown's Schooldays (2005)
• Alex Rider: Stormbreaker (2006)
• Becoming Jane (2007)
• Kingdom TV Series - episode 2.4 (2008)
• Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
• Sherlock Holmes (2009)
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

See also

• Cricket in fiction
• Cricket poetry