Lowdown

Season 2

8 episodes · Sep 6, 2012

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.

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  • Pretty Pollie
    S2E1

    Pretty Pollie

    Sep 6, 2012

    Alex 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.

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  • Hack in Business
    S2E2

    Hack in Business

    Sep 13, 2012

    After 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.

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  • One Fine Gay
    S2E3

    One Fine Gay

    Sep 20, 2012

    Alex is commandeered into ghost-writing a controversial column for a high profile footballer who has decided to come out.

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  • Rex, Lies and Videotape
    S2E4

    Rex, Lies and Videotape

    Sep 27, 2012

    When 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.

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  • A Bollywood Ending
    S2E5

    A Bollywood Ending

    Oct 4, 2012

    Alex 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.

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  • Bubble Trouble
    S2E6

    Bubble Trouble

    Oct 11, 2012

    When 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.

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  • The Naked Chef
    S2E7

    The Naked Chef

    Oct 18, 2012

    When 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.

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  • Ben Behaving Badly
    S2E8

    Ben Behaving Badly

    Oct 25, 2012

    When 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.

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