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First Contact

ClevermanSeries 1
Episode 1 of 6

Australian sci-fi series. When Waruu's wayward half-brother Koen is given a gift by their Uncle Jimmy, he doesn't realise the power that has been bestowed upon him.

In the near future in Australia, ancient species the Hairypeople find themselves persecuted and exploited by humans. Branded 'subhumans' they are forced to live separately in a 'The Zone', where they find some solidarity with their few human neighbours and the human leader, Waruu West.

When Waruu's wayward half-brother Koen is given a gift by their Uncle Jimmy, he doesn't realise the power that has been bestowed upon him, but Jimmy has chosen Koen over Waruu to be the Cleverman, the one who can unite the species and protect the Hairypeople from being destroyed by the humans.

52 minutes

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Mon 24 Jul 201723:45
BBC Two

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Credits

Koen WestHunter Page-Lochard
Waruu WestRob Collins
Blair FinchRyan Corr
AraluenTasma Walton
BoondeeTony Briggs
Ash KerryStef Dawson
AlintaTamala Shelton
LataniRarriwuy Hick
DjukaraTysan Towney
Geoff MatthewsAndrew McFarlane
Stephen McIntyreMarcus Graham
Aunty LindaDeborah Mailman
Charlotte ClearyFrances O'Connor
Jarrod SladeIain Glen
NickDylan Young
LudoRahel Romahn
TakiSam Parsonson
LenaMiranda Tapsell
Belinda FroscheLeeanna Walsman
JakeJeremy Ambrum
GubBenson Jack Anthony
KennedyMathew Wilkinson
VirgilLynette Curran
Uncle JimmyJack Charles
MaliyanAdam Briggs
Uncle MaxTrevor Jamieson
MungoKamil Ellis
DicksonJosh McConville
DirectorWayne Blair
WriterMichael Miller
WriterJon Bell

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