Brilliant Creatures

Genre

documentary television program

Country

Australia

How it feels

This documentary series profiles four famous Australians who moved to London in the 1960s and achieved success in different areas. Host Howard Jacobson tells the stories of Germaine Greer, Clive James, Barry Humphries, and Bob Hughes.

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What happens

Brilliant Creatures is a two-part Australian biographical documentary TV series on four notable expatriates who travelled to London in the 1960s and who, in separate fields of endeavour, won international fame there and in New York over several decades. The stories of Germaine Greer, Clive James, Barry Humphries and Bob Hughes were written and presented by Howard Jacobson. The series was produced in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation which first aired the series in September 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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