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Louis Sebastian Theroux (/ˈlu.i θə.ˈru/ LOO-ee thə-ROO; born 20 May 1970) is a British-American journalist, broadcaster, and author. He has received three British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Television Society Television Award.
After graduating from Magdalen College, Oxford, Theroux moved to the United States and worked as a journalist for Metro Silicon Valley and Spy. He moved into television as the presenter of offbeat segments on Michael Moore's TV Nation series.
Theroux is known for his numerous documentaries with the BBC, beginning with Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends (1998–2000), followed by When Louis Met... (2000–2002) and 50 BBC Two specials (2003–present). His work includes studies of unusual and taboo subcultures, crime and the justice system, and celebrities. 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. The New Yorker described Theroux's work as "a piercingly humane, slyly funny guide through the funkier passages of American culture".
Most Popular Louis Theroux Trailers
Total trailers found: 45
05 August 2026
In a bold 28-day experiment, comedian Mo Gilligan tours the UK and US on a fried chicken diet to uncover the impact of the craving — and industry behind it.
10 March 2026
With rare access and no holds barred, the acclaimed documentarian investigates a growing ultra-masculine network and its controversial influencers.
18 April 2010
Faced with the challenging behaviour of their kids, more and more parents in America are turning to psychoactive medication to help them cope, even though the drugs, and sometimes the diagnoses, remain controversial.
08 May 2026
A 90-minute special, broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall, London, celebrating Sir David Attenborough's groundbreaking career on the day of his 100th birthday.
06 April 2008
Louis goes to South Africa where American tourists pay to hunt wild animals in privately owned reserves.
27 April 2025
Fourteen years after his first visit, Louis Theroux meets some of the growing community of religious-nationalist Israelis who have settled in the occupied West Bank.
05 April 2015
Louis Theroux travels to San Francisco where a group of pioneering medical professionals help children who say they were born in the wrong body transition from boy to girl or girl to boy at ever younger ages.
12 January 2020
Meet women in UK, legally providing sexual services, either to make a living or to supplement their income, potentially earning hundreds of pounds per hour.
17 September 2025
Broadcast of the "Together for Palestine" charity concert organized by Brian Eno along with several artists to raise funds and awareness for Palestinian civilians affected by the ongoing war in Gaza.
28 January 2007
Louis Theroux narrates a compilation of clips from his documentaries.
29 October 2017
Anorexia, the pathological fear of eating and gaining weight, is now the most deadly mental illness in the UK, affecting around one in every 250 women.
05 May 2016
After being denied access to the Church of Scientology's headquarters, documentarian Louis Theroux teams up with ex-Scientology official Marty Rathbun to stage re-enactments of alleged abuses within the organization.
03 February 2011
Louis Theroux spends time with a small and very committed subculture of ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers.
24 April 2016
Louis spends time at King's College Hospital in London where he immerses himself in the lives of patients in the grips of alcohol addiction and the medical staff trying to make them better.
10 June 2012
In 1997, Louis Theroux made a documentary about the world of male porn performers in Los Angeles. 15 years later, he returns to find a business struggling with the deluge of free porn on the internet.
02 October 2016
Sixteen years after his documentary When Louis Met Jimmy, Theroux seeks to understand how he was tricked by a man who became his friend.
30 October 2011
The programme follows Theroux as he travels to the United States to meet people who own animals normally found in Africa and Asia, including big cats and dangerous primates.
25 January 2023
An access-all-areas look at the life of global megastar KSI as he goes through the most momentous year of his life.
07 October 2007
Louis Theroux: Under the Knife is a TV documentary written and presented by Louis Theroux about the people and doctors involved in plastic surgery operations.
14 August 2011
Following up on his 2007 documentary, The Most Hated Family in America, Louis Theroux returns to Topeka, Kansas, for a week-long visit with the Westboro Baptist Church.
01 November 2023
A true crime documentary inspired by one of the most polarising criminal trials of recent history. It explores themes including disability, race, sex and perception of consent by looking back on the controversial case of philosophy professor Anna Stubblefield.
21 November 2022
The writer and comedian looks at antisemitism and the progressive left. From theatre to football, Baddiel explores a political blindspot with Stephen Fry, Miriam Margolyes and Neil Gaiman.
01 January 2002
The people profiled by Louis Theroux in the documentary series "When Louis Met..." reflect on their time with Louis and he gives his thoughts on them.
13 November 2010
Join Louis Theroux as he investigates the affect crystal meth addiction is having on the local community of Fresno in California's Central Valley.
24 April 2007
Louis meets the Phelps family — the people at the heart of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church.
21 December 2003
Louis Theroux travels to California to meet the man dubbed "the most dangerous racist in America"; Tom Metzger.
14 July 2019
Louis returns to visit the Westboro Baptist Church in the wake of the death of its leader.
07 December 2008
Louis Theroux travels to Johannesburg, where the residents find themselves increasingly besieged by crime as he looks at the issue of law and disorder.
15 May 2016
Following on from his recent look at alcoholism, the UK’s premier documentarian returns with another sensitive film, this time on living with a brain injury.
13 January 2008
For two weeks, Theroux visits the San Quentin State Prison.
20 February 2007
Louis heads to Las Vegas, to reveal the world behind the myths of casino culture. Among the people he meets are two of the casino's 'high-rollers' and an employee who looks after them as well as a retired doctor who says she has gambled away $4million in seven years.
30 October 2008
Louis visits one of America’s most crime-ridden cities in this installment of Law and Disorder.
05 April 2021
This special sees Louis travel to America to investigate the story of a man who has become one of the most controversial and captivating icons of recent times: the gun-toting, self-described 'gay hillbilly' and 'Tiger King' Joe Exotic.
09 November 2003
Louis stays with the residents of a soon to open brothel in Nevada for a few weeks.
04 March 2019
Louis Theroux heads to American college campuses and comes face-to-face with students whose universities are accusing them of sexual assault.
16 November 2003
Louis Theroux sets out on a personal quest to meet the ultimate pop idol - Michael Jackson - and examine the often bizarre world that surrounded him and those that worshipped at his altar.
25 November 2018
Louis heads to California, the US adoption capital, where the majority of newborn adoptions are carried out privately, creating a multimillion dollar industry.
10 October 2010
Louis Theroux is in Lagos, following the local gangs and a paramilitary task force.
19 April 2009
Louis has gained access to Coalinga Mental Hospital in California, which houses more than 500 of the most disturbed criminals in America, convicted paedophiles.
13 April 2000
Louis Theroux spends some time with the eccentric broadcaster and charity fundraiser Sir Jimmy Savile and attempts to get behind the public persona.
12 May 2019
Louis Theroux visits specialist psychiatric units which treat mothers experiencing serious mental illness whilst allowing them to live alongside their babies.
26 June 2022
Former World’s Strongest Man, Eddie Hall, takes on rival ‘Thor’ in one of the heaviest boxing matches in history.
30 March 2014
Louis is at Cedars Sinai Medical Centre in L.A to learn about the American way of death.
12 June 2005
BBC follows Emma Bunton on her trip to Mumbai, India, where she will record two films (Pyaar Mein Twist and Chocolate).
18 July 2018
Renowned documentarian Louis Theroux dived into the BBC Archives and selected his favourite documentaries.
