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Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

Series 3

Looking for Love

Duration: 48 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

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Louis Theroux travels to Bangkok, where he has an appointment at a marriage agency where Western men are introduced to Thai brides. He begins to wonder if love is what the men are really looking for. Show more

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

Series 3

Self-Fulfilment

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

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Louis Theroux explores weirder fringes of society, arriving in Las Vegas on the trail of personal motivators who claim to be able to use hypnosis to help people's relationships with the opposite sex.

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

Series 1

Episode 3: Porn

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EastLatest broadcast: on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

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Louis Theroux investigates the world of the male porn performer, and lands a role in an adult film. (1998) Show more

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

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Louis Theroux continues his exploration of the fringes of American society. He makes some new friends within Southern California’s swinging community. (1999) Show more

Duration: 48 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

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Louis Theroux travels to New Orleans in the hope of becoming the first white, middle-class gangsta rapper. He meets up with rapper Mellow T and interviews Master P before penning his own rhymes. Show more

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

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Louis Theroux visits whites-only communities in South Africa that are refusing to accept the end of Apartheid. He also meets white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche. Show more

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

Series 3

Body Building

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

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Louis Theroux continues to explore the weirder fringes of society. He travels to California, home of the body beautiful, to see if he can join the world of extreme body building.

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

Series 2

Black Nationalism

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

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Louis Theroux travels to New York, the epicentre of the radical black nationalist movement, to meet proponents of black nationalism. (1999) Show more

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

Series 1

Episode 2: UFOs

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

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Louis Theroux continues his journey through the fringes of American society, visiting the deserts of the south west where UFO sightings are often reported. (1998)

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

Series 1

Christianity

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EastLatest broadcast: on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

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Louis travels to Dallas, at the heart of the American bible belt. There, born-again Christian evangelists offer to have him saved for the Lord on live TV show. (1998) Show more

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

Series 1

Head for the Hills

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

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In Idaho, Louis meets right-wing patriots and militia enthusiasts who are preparing for what they believe is inevitable global catastrophe. (1998)

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

Louis Theroux's Weird Christmas

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

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A typically offbeat look at the festive season as Louis Theroux unites four of the characters he met during his Weird Weekends series for a Christmas gathering in New York. Show more

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

Series 2

Infomercials

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

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Louis tests his sales skills on the Home Shopping Network, and enters the world of inventors obsessed with making their product the next big thing. (1999) Show more

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

Series 2

Demolition Derby

Duration: 48 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

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This week, Louis Theroux tries to infiltrate Michigan’s demolition derby industry and drive in a race himself. (1999) Show more

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

Series 2

Off-Off Broadway

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

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Louis Theroux spends time in New York among the subculture of off-Broadway performers in his latest foray into the weirder fringes of American society. (1999) Show more

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

Series 3

India: Enlightenment

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

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Louis Theroux explores the weirder fringes of society, travelling to India, land of spirituality, where he hopes to find the meaning of life.

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Louis Theroux Channel

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Louis Theroux investigates American wrestling. He hangs out with the WCW wrestlers of Monday Night Nitro and considers joining the Independent Wrestling Federation. (1999) Show more