Journalist, author and presenter Louis Theroux is best known for his highly inquisitive and somewhat intrusive BBC documentaries which include Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends and When Louis Met. His fascinating work has garnered much praise, earning him a Royal Television Society Award, as well as two British Academy awards.

Theroux’s career began in the US as a journalist, writing for Metro Silicon Valley. He was soon hired as a writer for Spy magzine and simultaneously worked on Michael’s Moore’s TV Nation series; providing material on cultural subjects such as the Jerusalem Syndrome and the Klu Klux Klan. BBC soon spotted his potential, which led to Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends, a series following mainly American subcultures including white supremacists and black nationalists. Theroux’s debut book: The Call of the Weird: Travels in American Subcultures, was published in 2005; recounting his extraordinary television experiences.

From 2000-20002, When Louis Met was broadcast, with each episode capturing the daily life of a different celebrity. The show featured the likes of Max Clifford and Jimmy Saville, the latter of which earnt Louis a top space in 2005 best documentaries of all time survey. In 2006 Theroux signed a deal with BBC Two to make 10 films over three years, filming subjects such as Neo-Nazis, ultra Zionists and many more.

In 2016, Theroux’s feature length documentary My Scientology Movie follows him trying to gain access to the secretive Church of Scientology. More recently, in 2019 he released an autobiography entitled Gotta Get Theroux This, a much anticipated read, depicting his “life and strange times in television.”