Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo
In early 1972, Ita Buttrose and Kerry Packer got together to create a magazine that became one of the most dramatic sensations in Australian publishing history. CLEO Magazine - begun in a "fit of pique" - went on to help define women, Australia and the relationship between the two.
- Created By
John Edwards
- First Aired on
Apr 17, 2011
- Popularity: 2.2619
- 2 votes
- Networks
- (AU)
- Production
Southern Star (AU)Screen NSW (AU)Australian Broadcasting Corporation (AU)Screen Australia (AU)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
1 seaons till Apr 18, 2011
Last episode: Paper Giants: Part 2
Seasons & episodes
Total 1 seasons, 2 episodes
Season 1
Aired
Episode 1Paper Giants: Part 190 min
It’s 1972. Skirts are up, pants are down. Girls can have anything. And riding the wave of sexual liberation and feminist freedom is Cleo magazine – fresh, bold and naughty. Two ambitious, young upstarts – Ita Buttrose and Sir Frank Packer’s unregarded second son, Kerry – create their own legends as they fling the modern girl headlong into the passion and politics of this turbulent era.
Episode 2Paper Giants: Part 290 min
As the backlash hits and optimism crumbles, Ita and Kerry refuse to take a backward step as they both reach for their own glittering crowns.
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