Louis Theroux

Louis Theroux

Louis Theroux is a 43 year old journalist and documentarian best known for his series 'Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends', 'When Louis Met...' and his BBC 2 specials, including 'Louis and the Brothel', 'Louis and the Nazis' and 'The Most Hated Family in America'. He initially started work as a journalist, but after working as a correspondent on Michael Moore's TV Nation, he found himself signed to the BBC and working on 'Louis Theroux's Weird Weekend's'.

In the programme, he followed American subcultures such as white supremacists and porn stars, by living with or close to the subjects, and exposing their beliefs. Theroux said "To me, it's almost a privilege to be welcomed into these communities and to shine a light on them and, maybe, through my enthusiasm, to get people to reveal more of themselves than they may have intended."

After three series of 'Weird Weekends' in 1998, 1999 and 2000, respectively, he began his series 'When Louis Met...'. In the series, he followed celebrities around, seeing what they do on a day to day basis, and interviewing them as they went. The show included Jimmy Savile, Neil and Christine Hamilton and Keith Harris.