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.

8 Episodes

  • Pretty Pollie
    E1
    Pretty PollieAlex has a chance to impress the new editor of the Sunday Sun when some erotic photos of the morally conservative Minister for Families fall into his lap.
  • Hack in Business
    E2
    Hack in BusinessAfter missing out on the biggest story of the year, Alex has a chance to redeem himself by entrapping a fornicating film director. But a road rage incident throws a spanner in the works.
  • One Fine Gay
    E3
    One Fine GayAlex is commandeered into ghost-writing a controversial column for a high profile footballer who has decided to come out.
  • Rex, Lies and Videotape
    E4
    Rex, 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
    A Bollywood EndingAlex is charged with locating the spurned lover of Australian test cricket captain Mark Hardy, and convincing her to grant an exclusive interview to the Sunday Sun.
  • Bubble Trouble
    E6
    Bubble TroubleWhen one of the journalists invited to spend the night in the share-house of reality show 'Life in a Bubble' is found stabbed to death, Alex becomes the prime suspect.
  • The Naked Chef
    E7
    The 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
    Ben Behaving BadlyWhen Bob inadvertently snaps a compromising photo of singer/actor Ben Hollander, Alex and Bob decide to capitalise on it as revenge for Hollander running up a massive tab on Alex's credit card.

Cast of Season 2

  • Adam ZwarAlex Burchill
  • Kim GyngellHoward Evans
  • Paul DennyBob Geraghty
  • Beth BuchananRita Heywood
  • Dailan EvansDr James Sawers
  • Geoffrey RushNarrator (voice)
  • Nicole MinchinProducer

 

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