Lowdown

Lowdown

2010 · 2 seasons · 16 eps · ★ 4.5 · Comedy

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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.

Created by Adam Zwar, Amanda Brotchie

Network: ABC TV

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Adam Zwar Alex Burchill
Kim Gyngell Howard Evans
Paul Denny Bob Geraghty
Beth Buchanan Rita Heywood
Dailan Evans Dr James Sawers
Geoffrey Rush Narrator (voice)
Martin Sharpe
Ashley Zukerman Dylan Hunt
Julia Zemiro Hope van der Boom
Charlotte Gregg
Judith Lucy Self
Martin Sacks Tony Marino

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