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Lowdown

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.

2010 |2 Seasons  | 30m |  Comedy

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Cast

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Adam Zwar

Alex Burchill

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Kim Gyngell

Howard Evans

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Paul Denny

Bob Geraghty

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Beth Buchanan

Rita Heywood

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Geoffrey Rush

Narrator (voice)

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Season 1

2010

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Season 2

2012

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Creator

Adam Zwar

Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

ABC TV