Australian media magnate Kerry Packer takes on the cricket establishment in the late 1970s after being denied broadcast rights to Test matches, responding by recruiting the world's top players to form his own breakaway professional competition. The series dramatises the bitter conflict between Packer's World Series Cricket and the traditional authorities, exploring the personal and professional tensions on both sides. It portrays figures such as Tony Greig and Richie Benaud as they navigate divided loyalties whilst the sport itself is transformed by the controversy.