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The Best Episodes of Lowdown

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Lowdown Season 1 Episode 1 - Wasp in Translation
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    #1 - Wasp in Translation

    S1:E1

    Celebrity tabloid journalist and Lowdown columnist Alex Burchill scores a highly coveted interview with the environmentalist, Tantra-loving, Buddhist rock God, Wasp Warneke on one condition... he doesn't ask about Tantra.

    Director:Amanda Brotchie
    Writers:Adam Zwar, Amanda Brotchie

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  2. Lowdown Season 1 Episode 2 - Bonk Bonk, Who's There?
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    #2 - Bonk Bonk, Who's There?

    S1:E2

    Publicist to the stars Hope van der Boom, briefs Alex before he interviews actor, sex-symbol and family man Oliver Barry. The interview is awkward and uncomfortable, despite the fact that Alex and Oliver share a birthday.

    Director:Amanda Brotchie
    Writers:Adam Zwar, Amanda Brotchie, Trudy Hellier

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  3. Lowdown Season 1 Episode 3 - Zirco Goes Berko
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    #3 - Zirco Goes Berko

    S1:E3

    Temperamental tennis star Mitch "Zirco" Zicopoulos has pulled out from a warm-up tournament citing a sore finger, leaving 20,000 fans out of pocket. Alex's editor is convinced Zirco is faking his injury and sends Alex and Bob to find the truth.

    Director:Amanda Brotchie
    Writers:Adam Zwar, Amanda Brotchie

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  4. Lowdown Season 1 Episode 4 - Hart of Darkness
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    #4 - Hart of Darkness

    S1:E4

    When plagiarising popstar Sofia Corelli is assaulted on the eve of her Melbourne tour, Alex suspects that the renowned torch singer Abi Hart has something to do with it. After all, Sofia has totally ripped-off Abi's sound and look.

    Director:Amanda Brotchie
    Writers:Adam Zwar, Amanda Brotchie

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  5. Lowdown Season 1 Episode 5 - Cooper Scooper
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    #5 - Cooper Scooper

    S1:E5

    It's late Saturday night, and the editor is thrilled to hear via the police scanner that prominent businessman Jack Cooper has been busted drink driving. A reluctant Alex, with Bob and Rita in tow, heads to Cooper's Toorak home for a foot-in-door interview.

    Director:Amanda Brotchie
    Writers:Adam Zwar, Amanda Brotchie

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  6. Lowdown Season 1 Episode 6 - Lavish Swinger
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    #6 - Lavish Swinger

    S1:E6

    Australia's number one golfer Mike Lavish arrives in town to promote his new golf DVD game. Armed with video evidence of Lavish taking an alleged air-swing at the Australian Masters, Alex confronts Lavish at a press conference and is quickly ejected by a "hormonal" Hope Van der Boom.

    Director:Amanda Brotchie
    Writers:Amanda Brotchie, Trudy Hellier

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  7. Lowdown Season 1 Episode 7 - Who's Your Baddy?
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    #7 - Who's Your Baddy?

    S1:E7

    Alex is heavied into writing a puff piece on underworld crime boss Tony Marino and drags Bob along to take the pics. Blindfolded, they are taken to meet Tony at a seedy hotel.

    Director:Amanda Brotchie
    Writers:Adam Zwar, Amanda Brotchie

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  8. Lowdown Season 1 Episode 8 - Project Runaway
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    #8 - Project Runaway

    S1:E8

    Project Starsearch finalist Joss Miller has absconded from the show's compound, jeopardising the multi-million dollar TV final. The editor offers $10,000 of his own money to the first journalist able to locate Joss and get the story – the Sunday Sun's future depends on it.

    Director:Amanda Brotchie
    Writers:Adam Zwar, Amanda Brotchie

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  9. Lowdown Season 2 Episode 1 - Pretty Pollie
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    #9 - Pretty Pollie

    S2:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Lowdown Season 2 Episode 2 - Hack in Business
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    #10 - Hack in Business

    S2:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Lowdown Season 2 Episode 3 - One Fine Gay
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    #11 - One Fine Gay

    S2:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Lowdown Season 2 Episode 4 - Rex, Lies and Videotape
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    #12 - Rex, Lies and Videotape

    S2:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Lowdown Season 2 Episode 5 - A Bollywood Ending
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    #13 - A Bollywood Ending

    S2:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Lowdown Season 2 Episode 6 - Bubble Trouble
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    #14 - Bubble Trouble

    S2:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Lowdown Season 2 Episode 7 - The Naked Chef
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    #15 - The Naked Chef

    S2:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Lowdown Season 2 Episode 8 - Ben Behaving Badly
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    #16 - Ben Behaving Badly

    S2:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Wasp in Translation" is the best rated episode of "Lowdown". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Amanda Brotchie and written by Adam Zwar, Amanda Brotchie, it aired on 4/21/2010. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Bonk Bonk, Who's There?".