Gotta Get Theroux This: My Life and Strange Times in Television

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Filled with wry observation and self-deprecating humour, this is Louis at his most insightful and honest best. In 1994 fledgling journalist Louis Theroux was given a one-off gig on Michael Moore’s TV Nation , presenting a segment on apocalyptic religious sects. Beginning on 6 June 2023, he started hosting The Louis Theroux Podcast as part of an exclusive deal with Spotify.

I've watched his programmes since he started making them and admire his ability to deal with such tough subjects in a light hearted way that engaging the casual viewer. His second book, Gotta Get Theroux This, was released in 2020 and is a funny, heartfelt and entertaining account of his life and strange times in TV.This follow-up documentary, with the title Savile, aired on BBC Two on Sunday, 2 October 2016, and lasted 1 hour, 15 minutes. You will laugh out loud, wince in sympathy and enjoy spending time getting to know Louis that little bit better. Theroux accompanied a different British celebrity in each programme in their daily lives, interviewing them as they go. For further information about your statutory rights, contact your local authority Trading Standards department or consumer advice center (for example the Citizen's Advice Bureau if you are in the UK).

I love the idea that each book is numbered and limited, they're extra special because they're personalised with those sought-after signatures, and they are not on tip-in pages. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. Thankfully the book holds plenty of lighter moments to prevent us descending into a pit of our own self despair!

So, if you are fan of the documentaries, you may be interested in learning more about Louis and what makes him tick. For ten years Louis Theroux has been making programmes about off-beat characters on the fringes of US society. Reading this book satisfies that thirst and is reassuring that he is pretty much what you would expect him to be.And is full of back stories, insight, self-reflection, regret and brooding self-doubt that we all find relatable. He said: “I am very excited and only slightly panicked and nervous to launch Theroux the Keyhole on an unwary world. Even against the horrific backdrop of Covid, [this] book is all the more charming, and blackly amusing, for it. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. From his Las Vegas base, Louis revisits the assorted dreamers and outlaws who have been his TV feeding ground.

Theroux the Keyhole is Louis at his insightful best, as he faces unforeseen new challenges and wonders why it took a pandemic for him to learn that what really matters in life is right in front of him. Louis Sebastian Theroux ( / ˈ l uː i θ ə ˈ r uː/; [1] born 20 May 1970) is a British-American documentarian, journalist, broadcaster, and author. In an interview in 2015, Theroux expressed his intention to produce a follow-up documentary about Savile for the BBC to explore how the late entertainer had continued his abuse for so long, to meet people he knew closely, and examine his own reflections on his inability to dig more deeply into the first case.Louis found a job on a local paper in the sprawling city of San Jose, "a town where nothing ever happens.