Louis Theroux

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When Louis Met Nick Pisa: watching two journalists examine their own work

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 4th October 2016

On TV this week: one journalist wrestles with his conscience and tries to understand where he went wrong, while another discusses with undisguised glee how he exploited a young woman's murder for personal gain.

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Louis Theroux's LA Stories: Edge of Life

TV Review | Ed Williamson | 30th March 2014

Having shed the freak-show tenor of his early work, Louis Theroux has become a documentarian you trust implicitly - even when the film ends on an implausible high note.

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DVD weekly: mockdocs and blinging rocks

TV Feature | Kirsty Harrison | 15th August 2011

Here's our brand new run-down of some of the most interesting TV DVDs out this week. And maybe a silly one, just because that's how we roll. This week; mockumentaries and documentaries, comedy and tears. And Gossip Girl.

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Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail

TV Review | Ed Williamson | 24th May 2011

Sure, it might sound a bit like the title of a late-eighties straight-to-video Van Damme movie, but it's just good ol' Louis Theroux, diffidently doing the jailhouse rock. Again.

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What to watch? Sunday night drama

TV Feature | Kirsty | 10th October 2010

To paraphrase Churchill; never has so much been given to so many by so few. Of course I'm not talking about the RAF (although, thanks lads), I'm talking about BBC, ITV and Sky. Because to my warped tellymind, Sunday night drama scheduling is like the war effort. Oh yes.

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