When TV Nation ended, Theroux signed a development deal with the BBC, where he developed Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends. In 1994 fledgling journalist Louis Theroux was given a one-off gig on Michael Moore’s TV Nation, presenting a segment on apocalyptic religious sects. It would allow him to get closer to people, to discover what really motivated them and what had happened to the assorted dreamers, outlaws and eccentrics since he last saw them.

Theroux the Keyhole is his most revealing book yet, as he turns his questioning eye on himself and tries to make sense of our weird and scary world. Louis went to Westminster School and then gained a First Class Degree in History at Oxford University. On a journey that took him from the porn sets of Los Angeles to the gangsta rappers of Memphis, from a convention of UFO contactees in Arizona to Northern Idaho for a festive get-together of neo-Nazis, he asked what 'weird people' have to tell us about our own secret natures. He dabbled with cannabis at 17 [48] and later said that, while he acknowledges that cannabis is an intoxicant and can trigger certain mental health issues, he supports its legalisation. I love the way that he is so real and also incredibly brave considering some of the situation s that he goes into.Beginning on 6 June 2023, he started hosting The Louis Theroux Podcast as part of an exclusive deal with Spotify. It premiered at the London Film Festival in 2015 and was released in cinemas in the UK on 7 October 2016. In 1994 fledgling journalist Louis Theroux was given a one-off gig on Michael Moore’s TV Nation , presenting a segment on apocalyptic religious sects. In Gotta Get Theroux This , Louis takes the reader on a joyous journey from his anxiety-prone childhood to his unexpectedly successful career. Now he finds himself locked down in a location even more full of pitfalls, surprises and hostile objects of inquiry: his own home.

The connection with Jimmy Saville is, of course, a big part of LT's career and it is very appropriate that he discusses this relationship in depth as the whole affair has clearly made him question his approach. Therouxly, madly, deeply: Jennifer Aniston engaged to Justin Theroux, member of London's premier literary family". Louis is oddly reassuring to watch, and his book is no exception, it’s comforting to know that you’re not the only person trying to find their way, uncomfortable in your own skin, thirsty for success but ultimately not really sure how you’re going to do it. His feature-length documentary My Scientology Movie was released in 2016 and his television documentary series Dark States aired in 2017. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Now he revisits America and the people who have most fascinated him to try to discover what motivates them, why they believe the things they believe, and to find out what has happened to them since he last saw them. The narrative around his early work is unfocused (and quite difficult to concentrate on when reading) but I suspect that is how he was feeling at the time. A five-year-old happily spamming out videos on his own new TikTok account while on holiday with his oblivious family.

The majority of his documentaries are set in the United States, but he has also studied cultures in South Africa, Israel, Nigeria, and the UK.Our Adult Fiction Books, Range includes Classics Novels, Comic Books, Crime, Thriller, Mystery Novels, General Fiction, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction and War. This follow-up documentary, with the title Savile, aired on BBC Two on Sunday, 2 October 2016, and lasted 1 hour, 15 minutes. Subjects for the specials include criminal gangs in Lagos, Neo-Nazis in America, ultra-Zionists in Israel.