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Brilliant Creatures

2014•1h
Documentary
AU

Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson traces the footsteps of Germaine Greer, Barry Humphries, Clive James and Robert Hughes arguing these Australian giants didn't just join the cultural revolution in the 60s - they led it.

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2 Episodes • Premiered 2014

Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson traces the footsteps of Germaine Greer, Barry Humphries, Clive James and Robert Hughes arguing these Australian giants didn't just join the cultural revolution in the 60s, they led it.

Still image for Brilliant Creatures season 1 episode 1: Episode 1

1. Episode 1

Howard Jacobson explores four cultural iconoclasts: satirist Barry Humphries, art critic Bob Hughes, feminist/academic Germaine Greer and writer/broadcaster Clive James, who left Australia to change the world.

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2. Episode 2

The Gang of Four are at their peak: Hughes becomes Time Magazine's art critic; Germaine writes The Female Eunuch; Clive is a junior member of the London literati; Barry makes a Barry MacKenzie movie.

Cast

Photo of Germaine Greer

Germaine Greer

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Photo of Clive James

Clive James

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Photo of Barry Humphries

Barry Humphries

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