Louis Theroux

jaykhunter · 04-02-2011 2:40pm

Ah crap i only saw this today

any repeats?

My name is URL · 04-02-2011 2:48pm

jaykhunter wrote: »

Ah crap i only saw this today

any repeats?

Not sure about repeats but it's on YouTube.. for now anyway!

dlofnep · 06-02-2011 9:09pm

New program was great.

My name is URL · 27-03-2011 6:22pm

New episode airing on Sunday 3rd April 2011 - "America's Most Hated Family.. In Crisis"

Following up on his hugely popular and acclaimed 2007 documentary The Most Hated Family In America, Louis Theroux returns to Topeka, Kansas, for a second visit to the Westboro Baptist Church.

But, four years on from Louis's last visit, there are signs of disarray in the Phelps clan. A series of defections of family members has shaken up the church. They've been at the centre of a landmark Supreme Court case and, possibly because of the resulting attention, their beliefs have become increasingly bizarre.

More - http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2011/wk14/unplaced.shtml#unplaced_louis

Should be good.. His first show about the WBC was one of the more interesting he has done, imo

dlofnep · 28-03-2011 5:06pm

Excellent. Loved the first one.

Ash.J.Williams · 28-03-2011 5:09pm

MeerKat17 wrote: »

I love Louis, did you see the one where he tried to get an interview with Michael Jackson and was refused, but they agreed to be interviewed by Martin Bashir like a week later?!

but we got big bad joe instead!!what a pri*k he was!!!

Setun · 30-03-2011 7:26pm

Big fan of Louis - have just been on a binge of his older docs that I hadn't seen in a while. Rewatched the "Louis and the Nazis" doc the other day - I forgot how ballsy he can be when he's put under pressure by potentially quite dangerous people. Looking forward to the new one on Sunday.

Setun · 03-04-2011 9:13pm

Enjoying it so far! He's being quite interrogative and a bit more aggressive than usual with his interviewing style.

That Jewish clip the ex-filmmaker guy just showed him is insane! They're absolute lunatics.

BrianJD · 03-04-2011 9:30pm

Is it just ther publicity they love or are they just nuts?

My name is URL · 03-04-2011 9:34pm

BrianJD wrote: »

Is it just ther publicity they love or are they just nuts?

I think that the two go hand in hand for them, and they both exacerbate each other

BrianJD · 03-04-2011 9:37pm

There is so many young members.

Setun · 03-04-2011 9:38pm

"There were so many things that just happened there that were disrespectful". Blimey - burning the Koran, picketing the funerals of muslims.

/Sense of despair for humanity enveloping me

Zombienosh · 03-04-2011 9:38pm

watching this now, madness.

Leslie91 · 03-04-2011 9:43pm

American insular madness at its worst.

dlofnep · 03-04-2011 10:02pm

Saw it there. It was OK. I was expecting more..

milehip1 · 03-04-2011 10:41pm

They be crazy allright,but they have a knack for parody that would make Weird Al Yankovic jealous!

jaykhunter · 04-04-2011 4:37am

dang, missed it

is it playing again anytime soon?

hsbc · 04-04-2011 12:56pm

Enjoyed it last night but Louis concentrated on the couple of younger members that had left the group - is it just me or did it seem that there were more people involved since the last documentary? Pretty worrying if this type of groups numbers increase...

Anyone · 04-04-2011 1:05pm

Hope there's a part 3 where they move to Jerusalem.

Enjoyed the programme last night. Was weird seeing the father and mother of the 2nd child who left...the father was definitely trying to get any info on his daughter, but you could see he couldn't really ask.

My name is URL · 04-04-2011 8:17pm

jaykhunter wrote: »

dang, missed it is it playing again anytime soon?

Repeated tonight at 11.20 on BBC2

WindSock · 05-04-2011 2:23am

Catched it by chance this evening, didn't know it was on at all. Interesting how the focus is on the internal struggles with the families. I actually felt a bit sad for the older couple.

The Black Oil · 05-04-2011 1:52pm

Thought it was pretty good, nauseating even in the first few minutes. Unfortunately, the Phelps seem to be as smart as they are stupid. The counter protests seem a little pointless and gives them the attention they crave.

"What are you, the Gestapo now?"

"Well, the bible would say that, wouldn't it?!"

WeeBushy · 06-04-2011 9:00pm

Its up on youtube now.

Part 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ticxD0GfewA

Part 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byDXu3aMAc0

Part 3:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gXSlZ45GX4

Part 4:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ua1Y7dLtIQ

My name is URL · 21-05-2011 6:02pm

New episode airing tomorrow night on BBC2 at 9PM.

Louis Theroux - Miami's 'Mega Jail'

With about 7,000 inmates, the Miami jail is one of the biggest in America - a so-called "mega-jail".

Up to 24 inmates are crowded into a single cell, living behind metal bars on steel bunks, sharing a single shower and two toilets, and as Louis told BBC Breakfast, are often left to their own devices by overwhelmed prison officials.

The two-part documentary, Louis Theroux: Miami Mega-Jail, is broadcast on BBC Two on Sunday 22 and 29 May at 2100 BST.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13468600

My name is URL · 22-05-2011 9:29pm

It's on at 10.30 PM on BBC2 NI in case anyone is wondering.. I got a bit of a fright there when it didn't start at 9!

SlipperyPeople · 24-05-2011 11:26am

here it is for anyone who missed it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px2kTQKZaSU&playnext=1&list=PLDA895BEDA334E2E6

Melion · 24-05-2011 11:29am

Watched it last night, really enjoyed it. Looking forward to next weeks one.

hsbc · 26-05-2011 9:31am

Watched it last night. Really enjjoyed it too. Felt a bit sorry for the small dude with the glasses - i think i can handle myself pretty well but i would be terrified going into a cell like that. The prison wardens seem to turn a blind eye to whatever goes on in there. i'd say a week in there would be hell.

deepeedublin · 31-05-2011 10:46pm

knicker gripping show

My name is URL · 30-10-2011 2:15pm

New episode on tonight at 9 on BBC2. - 'America's Most Dangerous Pets'

There are now more tigers in captivity in the US than in the wild in the rest of the world according to the World Wide Fund for Nature, as well as large numbers of lions, bears, chimpanzees and other dangerous primates.

Louis Theroux travels to America's heartlands to meet the owners of animals you would normally expect to find in the wilds of Africa and Asia, and finds himself in uncomfortably close contact with tigers and dangerous primates.

More...

dlofnep · 30-10-2011 2:40pm

Cheers man.

BaZmO* · 30-10-2011 2:59pm

Louis is also on Twitter now, for any of you that way inclined.

@Loubot2000

adox · 30-10-2011 4:10pm

BaZmO* wrote: »

Louis is also on Twitter now, for any of you that way inclined.

@Loubot2000

Yeah eh has been for a while. He tweets very infrequently though.

BaZmO* · 30-10-2011 7:20pm

adox wrote: »

Yeah eh has been for a while. He tweets very infrequently though.

He hasn't though. He's only been on for the last month, and has been tweeting a lot over the last few days. Check his previous tweets.

adox · 30-10-2011 9:49pm

BaZmO* wrote: »

He hasn't though. He's only been on for the last month, and has been tweeting a lot over the last few days. Check his previous tweets.

Just checked and it mustn't be his official page I've been following all these months - @Theroux_Docs.

Must have a search fr his account now.

My name is URL · 30-10-2011 10:21pm

It's a bit meh so far. Kind of predictable given the title.

adox · 30-10-2011 11:04pm

My name is URL wrote: »

It's a bit meh so far. Kind of predictable given the title.

Yeah it was hard to see where it could go really.

Most entertaining thing was Louis tweeting along as the show was aired.

AnnyHallsal · 30-10-2011 11:19pm

I enjoyed it. Mainly glowering at those selfish pr*cks. Admittedly less nuanced than Louis's usual offerings, though that guy sobbing over his brother's grave was (nearly) touching.

BaZmO* · 31-10-2011 2:05am

adox wrote: »

Just checked and it mustn't be his official page I've been following all these months - @Theroux_Docs.

Must have a search fr his account now.

Oh ye of little faith. No need to search, I've given his real account.

That @Theroux_Docs. account is a fake account, which ironically has more followers that the actual Louis Theroux account.

Leeg17 · 17-02-2012 8:01pm

From twitter:

So my next doc to air will be about the porn industry in LA, a semi-follow-up to a show I made in 1997, w/ new stuff. Working title Porn 2.0

It will go out on BBC2 in mid or late March, all being well

He's revisiting 3 porn stars, JJ Michaels (the young straight lad doing gay porn), Rob Black and one other star, the rest are new people.

mikom · 17-02-2012 8:09pm

Leeg17 wrote: »

From twitter:

He's revisiting 3 porn stars, JJ Michaels (the young straight lad doing gay porn), Rob Black and one other star, the rest are new people.

Yessss.... can't wait for this.

For the record JJ Michaels was the short guy doing only straight porn, not the lad up in the snowbound cabin.

He can't revisit Jon Dough the pornstar that drove a motorcycle in the original episode because he hung himself a few years back.

Dough died on August 27, 2006, in Chatsworth, California of suicide by hanging. He was 43 years old. His body was discovered by his wife.

JohnMearsheimer · 17-02-2012 9:19pm

I'm reading Louis' book at the moment, The Call of the Weird. He catches up with a few people that featured in some of his documentaries, including JJ Michaels. He caught up with him in 2004/2005 and as of then he was out of porn, working for Boeing in Missouri and had married a Ukrainian mail order bride. Louis stayed at his house and watched some of JJ's porn with JJ and his wife. Looking forward to his new documentary, I think JJ is going to feature again.

Cherry_Cola · 17-04-2012 7:40pm

Just a heads up that his next documentary, "Extreme Love: Autism" is on this Thursday at 9pm on BBC2.

The Black Oil · 20-04-2012 11:54am

Certainly a few uncomfortable moments there and I liked how they didn't have a panel of talking heads explaining this and that. Tough going for the parents, but the kids were great. It seemed to round out who they were, not just focus on the condition. The school was something else.

adox · 20-04-2012 1:20pm

Loved last nights show. Thought it was handled pretty well.That school really was fantastic.

I felt really sorry for all the parents but especially the two with the boy and girl twins? that were both autistic. You could just feel their tiredness and absolute despair at the situation. I have to admit I welled up a couple of times watching it.

Doge · 23-04-2012 10:28pm

Absolutely brilliant documentary and I think it showed a broad spectrum of the many traits one can have with autism, and it's varying levels of severity.

Nicky was very entertaining and likeable, very unique personality, and his dramatic reactions were humorous at times, but on the flipside of that, its a shame to see how super sensitive he is to negativity.

Doge · 23-04-2012 10:43pm

Was just thinking about how it's a shame that we can't post links to streams,
not because of the Boards charter, but because of the legality of it.

I think documentaries in particular like these should be free for anyone in the world to view,
as it is purely for educational purposes, education is something that should needs to be free imo.

I honestly don't see the harm in more people obtaining a broader understanding of autism (in this case and other topics), as it would help reduce the amount of ignorance, prejudice and frustration associated with these issues.

To legally limit the audience to solely people with UK TV in there homes (in this case) is a huge shame, especially when I can't see any harm in more exposure.

Sometimes I feel like these laws are in place solely because of greed.
The Greed of Corporate companies who hold the copyright to media,
and the greed of people who's highest priority is to make money from creating such documentaries.

Apologies for that rant! Its just such a shame great things can't be shared like this today!

My name is URL · 23-04-2012 10:44pm

Anyone know when the second part of this is airing, or did I just dream that there would be a second part?

edit - It wasn't a dream! :pac:

Extreme Love: Part 2 looks at people with dementia.

We filmed that one in Phoenix, Arizona – capital of America’s elderly – principally working out of a care home with a “memory support unit” for the chronically forgetful.

One of the main characters is a retired dentist, called Gary, who spent much of his time believing he was still working at a military base among fellow soldiers.

http://louistheroux.com/blog/?p=85

Basq · 23-04-2012 10:45pm

Balls... forgot all his latest doc.

Was advertised as "Coming Soon" a few weeks back on BBC, and never found out the actual air date.

Cherry_Cola · 23-04-2012 10:54pm

It was a great documentary, really sad to see the pain on some of the families faces, particularly that couple with 2 autistic kids.

The school was something else and seems to do a great job in working with them.

Second part is airing this Thursday at the same time.

Louis Theroux

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