Lowdown
- 2010 –2012
- Ended
★ 4.5 TMDB Rating · 4 votes
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
- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes
- 16
- Episode length
- ~30m
- First aired
- Apr 21, 2010
- Networks
- ABC TV
- Original language
- English
- Origin
- Australia
Cast of Lowdown
Where to Stream Lowdown by Country
- United States
- Streaming on Plex, PBSRent or buy on Amazon Video
- United Kingdom
- Streaming on PlexRent or buy on Amazon Video
- India
- No streaming offers listed right now
- Canada
- Streaming on Plex
- Australia
- No streaming offers listed right now
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Seasons
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Season 1
Apr 21, 2010
8 episodes
Alex Burchill is the top reporter at the once mighty tabloid shock-sheet, the Sunday Sun. But with circulation in decline, Alex has to stop the rot by producing a scandalous, circulation-boosting story on a misbehaving celebrity every week. And every week, the universe punishes him for his intrusions into the private lives of the rich and famous by somehow ruining his life.
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Season 2
Sep 6, 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.
