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'''''When Louis Met...''''' is a series of documentary films by [[Louis Theroux]]. The series was originally broadcast on [[BBC Two]] from 2000 to 2002. In the series, Theroux accompanied a different British celebrity in each programme as they went about their day-to-day business, interviewing them about their lives and experiences as he did so. His

Theroux's episode about [[Jimmy Savile]] (''When Louis Met Jimmy'') was voted one of the top 50 documentaries of all time in a survey by [[Channel Four4]].<ref name="IMDBJimmy">{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/list/ls000124764/ | title=Channel 4's "50 Greatest Documentaries" | publisher=IMDB | date=18 April 2011 | access-date=20 March 2015}}</ref> In another episode (''When Louis Met the Hamiltons''), the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliamentparliament|MP]] [[Neil Hamilton (politician)|Neil Hamilton]] and his wife Christine, were arrested during the course of filming following allegations of indecent assault; these were subsequently found to be false. The show did not return for a third series, and Theroux said that he had difficulty in finding people to appear.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2522191.stm |title=Entertainment &#124; Theroux quits award-winning show |publisher=BBC News |date=2002-11-28 |access-date=2014-03-06}}</ref>

==Episodes==

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===Series overview===

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| DirectedBy = Will Yapp

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| ShortSummary = Louis visits his childhood hero –, 73-year-old Sir [[Jimmy Savile]] [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], a TV and radio personality, at his homes in Leeds, Scarborough and Glencoe. Louis raises the rumours of paedophilia which became more widely known after Savile's death, which Savile denies.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lawson |first1=Mark |title='I was gullible' – when Louis Theroux met Jimmy Savile again |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/sep/29/when-louis-theroux-met-jimmy-savile-again-gullible-bbc |access-date=19 October 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=29 September 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Greg Hassall |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/when-louis-met-jimmy-20121112-297tg.html |title=When Louis Met Jimmy |publisher=Smh.com.au |date=2012-11-12 |access-date=2014-03-06}}</ref>

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| DirectedBy = Will Yapp

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| ShortSummary = Louis joins [[Paul Daniels]] and [[Debbie McGee]] in their home beside the [[River Thames]] and on the road as the magician appears on ''Celebrity [[Ready, Steady, Cook]]'' and his wife launches a ballet company.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mark Lawson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/feb/19/tvandradio.columnists |title=G2: Mark Lawson reviews TV programmes &#124; Culture |work=The Guardian|date=2001-02-19 |access-date=2014-03-06}}</ref>

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| DirectedBy = Will Yapp

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| ShortSummary = Louis follows the (by then) former Conservative [[Member of Parliamentparliament|MP]] [[Neil Hamilton (politician)|Neil Hamilton]], and his wife [[Christine Hamilton]], as they try to make a living as "objects of curiosity". The film features Louis on the sofa with a tipsy Christine, and follows the pair when they are arrested over an alleged sexual scandal (both were later cleared).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1703426.stm |title=REVIEWS &#124; Theroux hits gold with Hamiltons |publisher=BBC News |date=2001-12-11 |access-date=2014-03-06}}</ref>

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==Awards==

'''Winner''' - 2002 [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] TV Award - [[Richard Dimbleby]] Award for the Best Presenter (Factual, Features and News) - ''For the "When Louis Met..." series of films.''

'''Nominated''' - 2002 Flaherty Documentary Award - ''For "When Louis Met...The Hamiltons"''

''"When Louis Met... Jimmy"'' was voted number 50 in [[Channel 4]]'s 2005 poll of the 50 greatest documentaries.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

==Home releases==

All episodes of ''When Louis Met...'' are available on [[BBC iPlayer]] barincluding the episodes featuring Max Clifford and Jimmy Savile.

When Louis Met... has been released on PAL DVD in a number of best-of sets. Originally, Vol.1/Vol.2 and Vol.3/Vol.4 were released as two disc sets, before being split. Later the 4 volumes were released as a limited edition box set.

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[[Category:Louis Theroux's BBC Two specials]]

[[Category:BBC television documentaries]]

[[Category:Biographical documentaryDocumentary films about entertainers]]

[[Category:English-language documentary films]]

[[Category:2000 British television series debuts]]

[[Category:2002 British television series endings]]

[[Category:Works about Jimmy Savile]]