Meet the Mavericks: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A five-part series featuring some of our most iconic artists, performers, cultural leaders and all round troublemakers. Each week we meet a different pair of mavericks for a free-ranging and intimate conversation; Ben Quilty and Warwick Thornton catch up in Alice Springs, Grayson Perry and Magda Szubanski sit down to talk about identity and therapy, Leah Purcell and Miranda Tapsell jump into the boxing ring together, Tim Minchin and Phillip Adams discuss how far you can go with comedy and commentary, and Jon Ronson and John Safran compare notes about hanging out with the KKK. Tune in to Meet the Mavericks.

Series details

• Title: Meet the Mavericks
• Format: Talk Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2016-04-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-07-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 29 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 16509
• TVDB ID: 310246

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-04-12; final listed air date 2016-05-10; episode order: 5.
• Season 2: premiered 2016-08-23; final listed air date 2016-09-20; episode order: 5.
• Season 3: premiered 2017-06-13; final listed air date 2017-07-11; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

Adapted from Meet the Mavericks on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.