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Sporting Nation (2012–2012)
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TV Series | Documentary

Sporting Nation (2012–2012)

Not Rated

TV Series | Documentary

Australia is a sporting nation. Sport is officially everywhere. It even helps us describe matters other than sport. We speak of being in the home straight, dropping the baton, getting down the wicket to the bowling, raising the bar, having...See moreAustralia is a sporting nation. Sport is officially everywhere. It even helps us describe matters other than sport. We speak of being in the home straight, dropping the baton, getting down the wicket to the bowling, raising the bar, having a game plan and taking it one week at a time. John Clarke, arguably Australia's greatest natural athlete, looks at how Australia came to take its sport so seriously and what it means to be a sporting nation. The series celebrates our sporting achievements (and we ask what the word 'our' means, since most of us didn't do it). We also examine the sporting passion of spectators and look at how sport has shaped us as a nation. We speak to athletes, coaches, commentators and Prime Ministers about sport and they confirm what we suspected: that if so many people are interested in sport, it's certainly not just about sport. We meet legendary sporting heroes. We ask them how and why they achieved such prodigious deeds. And we listen carefully, for the answers are not what you'd think. Whatever you think of sport this series should interest you. And if you love sport, you won't be able to wipe the smile off your face. See less

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40 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
John Clarke Self Self See fewer	3	The Games (1998)
Raelene Boyle Self Self See fewer	3	Yum Cha (2008)
Joy Damousi Self Self See fewer	3	The Philosopher's Zone (2005)
Malcolm Fraser Self Self See fewer	3	The Norman Gunston Show (1975)
Bob Hawke Self Self See fewer	3	A Country Practice (1981)
Nicole Livingstone Self Self See fewer	3	Wide World of Sports (1981)
Hugh McKay Self Self See fewer	3	Sporting Nation (2012)
John Bertrand Self Self See fewer	2	Grenada: The Maroon Spirit (2006)
Ric Charlesworth Self Self See fewer	2	Seoul 1988: Games of the XXIV Olympiad (1988)
Ralph Doubell Self Self See fewer	2	Champion: The Franz Stampfl Story
Herb Elliott Self Self See fewer	2	The Way It Was (1974)
Mark Ella Self Self See fewer	2	Sporting Nation (2012)
Martin Flanagan Self Self See fewer	2	Outsiders (IV) (2017)
Gideon Haigh Self Self See fewer	2	Howzat! Kerry Packer's War (2012)
Rechelle Hawkes Self Self See fewer	2	Sporting Nation (2012)
Tim Lane Self Self See fewer	2	CrashBurn (2003)
Heather McKay Self Self See fewer	2	Double Negative (1980)
Roy Masters Self Self See fewer	2	The Final Winter (2007)
Murray Rose Self Self See fewer	2	Ice Station Zebra (1968)
Margaret Court Self Self See fewer	1	Smashing Lady (1971)
John Carroll Self Self See fewer	1	McLeod's Daughters (2001)
Robert DiPierdomenico Self Self See fewer	1	The Flying Doctors (1986)
Ellie Cole Self Self See fewer	1	Rising Phoenix (2020)
Dawn Fraser Self Self See fewer	1	New York Decalogue (2011)
Harry Gallagher Self Self See fewer	1	Hot Property (2016)
Marjorie Jackson Self Self See fewer	1	Beauty on Parade (1950)
Cadel Evans Self Self See fewer	1	Sportpanorama (1977)
Alex Jesaulenko Self Self See fewer	1	The Alive Tribe (1997)
Cathy Freeman Self Self See fewer	1	Finding My Magic (2010)
Shane Gould Self Self See fewer	1	Australian Survivor (2016)
Peter Thomson Self Self See fewer	1	Spirit of the Open (2009)
Les Murray Self Self See fewer	1	The Chaser's War on Everything (2006)
Harry Kewell Self Self See fewer	1	Liverpool FC vs Leicester City (2003)
Kieren Perkins Self Self See fewer	1	Home and Away (1988)
Don Talbot Self Self See fewer	1	What Makes a Champion (1959)
Kathy Watt Self Self See fewer	1	Tweakers (2007)
Sharelle McMahon Self Self See fewer	1	Between the Lines (2011)
Ellyse Perry Self Self See fewer	1	2013 Women's Cricket World Cup (2013)
Patrick Rafter Self Self See fewer	1	The Fifth Set: Australia and the Davis Cup (2000)
John Rogerson Self Self See fewer	1	The Project (2009)