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Series · 2011–2011Ended

Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo

3.3·1 season·2 episodes·90 min avg.·Australia

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.

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Apr 17, 2011

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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Paper Giants: Part 2
Apr 18, 2011

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.

Cast

16 credited
Asher Keddie
Ita Buttrose
Rob Carlton
Kerry Packer
Jessica Tovey
Leslie Carpenter
Matt Day
Daniel Ritchie
Ian Meadows
Andrew Cowell
Maeve Dermody
Rachel Carr
Annie Maynard
Annie Woodham
Tony Barry
Sir Frank Packer
Cheree Cassidy
Ivana Holbrook
Octavia Barron-Martin
Pat Nigra

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