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📊 Series Specifications
Network ABC TV
Episode Runtime ~90 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 2
Original Language EN
Creator John Edwards
Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo (2011)
Created by John Edwards
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Ended Series Status:
This series has concluded and all seasons are available for tracking.
Synopsis
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.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
2 Episodes E1 Paper Giants: Part 1
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.
E2 Paper Giants: Part 2
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.