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Louis Theroux Specials

The City Addicted to Crystal Meth

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

Available for years

Documentary in which Louis Theroux visits Fresno in California's Central Valley to see how crystal meth addiction affects the local community, speaking to police and addicts. Show more

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Louis Theroux Specials

America's Medicated Kids

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

Available for years

Louis visits one of America's leading children's psychiatric treatment centres in an effort to understand why some parents put their children on drugs to control their behaviour. Show more

Louis Theroux Specials

Law and Disorder in Lagos

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

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Documentary. Louis Theroux is in Lagos, spending time with the local gangs, the so-called Area Boys, and the government's Kick Against Indiscipline paramilitary task force. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Louis Theroux
Director:
Jason Massot
Producer:
Jason Massot
Executive Producer:
Nick Mirsky

Louis Theroux Specials

America's Most Hated Family in Crisis

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

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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. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Louis Theroux
Executive Producer:
Nick Mirsky
Director:
Emma Cooper
Series Producer:
Emma Cooper

Louis Theroux: Miami Mega-Jail

Series 1

Episode 1: Part 1

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

Available for years

Louis visits a notorious section of Miami County Jail, where some of the most volatile inmates are housed in cage-like dwellings and living under a gladiatorial code. Show more

Louis Theroux: Miami Mega-Jail

Series 1

Episode 2: Part 2

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

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Louis meets an alleged triple murderer facing a possible death sentence. He also follows a group of younger inmates attending a military-style boot camp. Show more

Louis Theroux Specials

Twilight of the Porn Stars

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

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Fifteen years after documenting the world of male porn performers in Los Angeles, Louis Theroux returns to find a business struggling with the deluge of free porn online. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Louis Theroux
Director:
Jason Massot
Executive Producer:
Nick Mirksy

Louis Theroux: Extreme Love

Series 1

Episode 1: Autism

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

Available for years

First broadcast in 2012, Louis visits a school for autistic children in Warren, New Jersey. He meets the students and their families to get a glimpse of what life is like for them Show more

Louis Theroux: Extreme Love

Series 1

Episode 2: Dementia

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

Available for years

Louis travels to Phoenix, Arizona - the capital of dementia care. He spends time with sufferers and relatives, exploring the struggle of living in a world of encroaching shadows. Show more

Louis Theroux's LA Stories

Episode 1: City of Dogs

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

Available for years

Documentary. Louis Theroux enters the bizarre world of LA's dogs, meeting the characters whose lives revolve around the city's huge canine population. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Louis Theroux
Executive Producer:
Sam Bagnall
Director:
Rob Farquhar
Series Producer:
Rob Farquhar

Louis Theroux's LA Stories

Episode 2: Edge of Life

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

Available for years

Documentary. Louis Theroux explores the American way of death as he looks at end of life care in LA's most famous hospital, the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Louis Theroux
Producer:
Jamie Pickup
Director:
Jamie Pickup
Series Producer:
Rob Farquhar

Louis Theroux's LA Stories

Episode 3: Among the Sex Offenders

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

Available for years

Documentary. Louis Theroux spends time in the twilight world of Los Angeles' paroled sex offenders, who live under force of tough regulations. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Louis Theroux
Executive Producer:
Sam Bagnall
Director:
Rob Farquhar
Series Producer:
Rob Farquhar

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