Lowdown: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Lowdown shines a torch on the life of a man whose job it is to feed the public's insatiable appetite for celebrity gossip. Adam plays 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.

Series details

• Title: Lowdown
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2010-04-21
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-10-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 2669

Cast and credited roles

• Adam Zwar — Alex Burchill
• Beth Buchanan — Rita Heywood
• Dailan Evans — Dr. James Sawers
• Paul Denny — Bob Geraghty
• Geoffrey Rush — Narrator
• Kim Gyngell — Howard Evans

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2010-04-21; final listed air date 2010-06-09; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2012-09-06; final listed air date 2012-10-25; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Lowdown on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.