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Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo

Season 1
In 1972, two ambitious young upstarts, Ita Buttrose and Kerry Packer, created Cleo, a bold and naughty magazine that became one of the most dramatic sensations in Australian publishing history.
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  1. S1 E1 - Paper Giants: Part 1
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    April 16, 2011
    1 h 26 min
    13+
    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.
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  2. S1 E2 - Paper Giants: Part 2
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    April 17, 2011
    1 h 25 min
    13+
    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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Subtitles
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Directors
Daina Reid
Cast
Asher KeddieRob CarltonJessica ToveyIan MeadowsMaeve DermodyAnnie Maynard
Studio
Screen NSW / Southern Star
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