Lowdown

Season 2

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.

Where to Watch Season 2

8 Episodes

Pretty Pollie
E1
Episode 1Pretty PollieAlex hits pay dirt when a disgruntled boyfriend of a now, high-ranking government minister slips the scoop of the year under Alex's door; sexually explicit photos of the minister in her younger years.
Hack in Business
E2
Episode 2Hack in BusinessNewly reinstated editor Howard Evans sends Alex to interview big time director Gordon Lynch about his new Ned Kelly film. While he's with Gordon, the editor would also like Alex to expose Gordon's rumoured unsavoury auditioning practices.
One Fine Gay
E3
Episode 3One Fine GayWhen high profile footballer Kade Thompson decides to announce his homosexuality in the Sunday Sun, his only request is that a gay writer does the interview. With no gay writers at the Sunday Sun, the editor calls upon Alex to write the story, telling Kade - and Alex - that Alex is gay. But will the editor's ruse affect Alex's chances with the hot new sandwich girl, Jane?
Rex, Lies and Videotape
E4
Episode 4Rex, Lies and VideotapeWhen Alex is assigned to interview highly volatile actor Lachlan Reid, he goes out of his way to antagonise Reid in the hope of getting a rise worth reporting.
A Bollywood Ending
E5
Episode 5A Bollywood EndingWhen the editor buys salacious text messages between married Australian cricket captain Mark Hardy and Indian national Chandrika Patel, he puts Alex on the case to find Chandrika and get an exclusive for the paper.
Bubble Trouble
E6
Episode 6Bubble TroubleTo promote the new season of the television reality show 'Life in a Bubble', publicist Trudy March has invited Alex along with four other journalists to spend the night in the Bubble House - a secure compound with cameras everywhere.
The Naked Chef
E7
Episode 7The Naked ChefWhen a celebrity chef insults Alex's new girlfriend on national television, Alex and Bob set up an elaborate News of the World-type sting to expose the chef cheating on his wife with a wannabe actress.
Ben Behaving Badly
E8
Episode 8Ben Behaving BadlyAlex and Bob have a reconciliation lunch with Ben Hollander - the actor-singer the Sunday Sun exposed taking drugs and having sex with a prostitute in a public toilet. But Ben has now turned his back on a life of philandering and is getting re-married on the weekend.