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The Screen Guide

LOWDOWN is an eight part comedy series set in the world of celebrity and tabloid journalism. LOWDOWN shines a torch on the life of a man whose job it is to feed the public's insatiable appetite for celebrity gossip. Based loosely on events from his former career as a showbiz journalist, Adam Zwar stars as Alex Burchill, the gossip columnist for an Australian tabloid newspaper.

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Series

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Lowdown

Series listing
Lowdown series 1 series
Lowdown series 2 2012

Cast

Adam Zwar - Paul Denny - Beth Buchanan - Dailan Evans - Kym Gyngell - Julia Zemiro - Geofrrey Rush (narrator)

Production Details

Production Completion
2010
Genre
Comedy
Production Company
Australian Broadcasting Corporation  High Wire Films

Screen News

SELLING FORMATS: HOT AIR OR HOLY GRAIL?

Many options for format rights to Australian shows have been sold abroad in the past five years, but that’s been the end of the road for the majority. Where production has occurred, very few have gone to a second series in the same territory, and generally that has to happen for there to be any chance of real upside.

04 Nov 2015
By Sandy George