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Plot

Lowdown shines a torch on the life of a man whose job it is to feed the public's insatiable appetite for celebrity gossip. Alex Burchill, the author of the Lowdown column which appears in the once great but now ailing tabloid newspaper – the Sunday Sun. Each week Alex interviews celebrities for his column, and each week at least one of those celebrities ruins his week. Sometimes the celebrity gets drunk and punches Alex out. Sometimes the celebrity gets him arrested. Usually the celebrity sleeps with his girlfriend, Rita. It may not sound like much of a life, but it invariably leads to great copy and the readers love it. In fact, it's the only thing standing between the Sunday Sun and oblivion.

Cast

Adam Zwar as Alex Burchill
Adam Zwar

as Alex Burchill

Kim Gyngell as Howard Evans
Kim Gyngell

as Howard Evans

Paul Denny as Bob Geraghty
Paul Denny

as Bob Geraghty

Beth Buchanan as Rita Heywood
Beth Buchanan

as Rita Heywood

Dailan Evans as Dr James Sawers
Dailan Evans

as Dr James Sawers

Geoffrey Rush as Narrator (voice)
Geoffrey Rush

as Narrator (voice)

Creator

Network

Status

  • Ended

First Aired Date

  • April 21, 2010

Last Aired Date

  • October 25, 2012

Production Companies

  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation

  • High Wire Films

Type

  • Scripted

Number of Season

  • 2

Number of Episodes

  • 16

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Season 2

2012|8 Episodes

Alex Burchill writes the Lowdown column for struggling tabloid newspaper, the Sunday Sun. Circulation is in decline and the paper is downsizing and adapting to the brutal economic climate, and Alex's methods for unearthing stories become increasingly desperate. Each week he must come up with a shock-and-awe story for the embattled paper, and each week that shock-and-awe story somehow ruins his own life.

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