Brilliant Creatures

2014 - 2014

Episode 1

16th September 2014

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.

Episode 2

23rd September 2014

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.

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Robert Hughes•Germaine Greer•Howard Jacobson

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Paul Clarke

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Howard Jacobson

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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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