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'''''When Louis Met...''''' is a series of documentary films made by [[Bafta|BAFTA]] award-winning film-maker [[Louis Theroux]]. The series was originally airedbroadcast on [[BBC2BBC 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.
 
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's episode about the DJ and charity fund-raiser [[Sir Jimmy Savile]] (''(When Louis Met... Jimmy)'') was voted one of the top fifty50 documentaries of all time in a survey by Britain's [[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 the Hamiltons")''), the disgraced [[ToryConservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliamentparliament|MP]] [[Neil Hamilton (politician)|Neil Hamilton]] and his wife Christine, were arrested followingduring falsethe course of filming following allegations of indecent assault; duringthese thewere coursesubsequently offound filmingto 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>
 
The show did not return for a third series, Theroux admitted that he had difficulty in finding people to appear.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2522191.stm Theroux quits award-winning show]</ref>
 
==Episodes==
===Series One (2000 - 2001)===
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!#
|width="125"|'''Title'''
|'''Broadcast'''
|'''Synopsis'''
|-
| align="center"|1.1
| "When Louis Met...[[Jimmy Savile|Jimmy]]"
| 13 April 2000
| Louis visits his childhood hero – 73-year-old [[Jimmy Savile]] [[OBE]], the miner who became a TV and radio star.
|-
| align="center"|1.2
| "When Louis Met...[[Paul Daniels|Paul]] and [[Debbie McGee|Debbie]]"
| 20 February 2001
| 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.
|-
| align="center"|1.3
| "When Louis Met...[[Neil Hamilton (politician)|The Hamiltons]]"
| 11 December 2001
| Louis follows the former [[Tory]] [[Member of Parliament|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).
|}
 
===Series Two (2002)overview===
<onlyinclude>{{Series overview
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| episodes1 = 3
|width="125"|'''Title'''
| start1 = {{Start date|2000|4|13|df=yes}}
|'''Broadcast'''
| end1 = {{End date|2001|12|11|df=yes}}
|'''Synopsis'''
 
|-
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| align="center"|2.1
| "link2 = <includeonly>When Louis Met...[[Ann</includeonly>#Series 2 Widdecombe]]"(2002)
| episodes2 = 5
| 5 March 2002
| start2 = {{Start date|2002|3|5|df=yes}}
| A prickly encounter with the Conservative politician in which Louis upsets her by asking about her possibly non-existent sex life and hears about her love of poetry and cats.
| end2 = {{Start date|2002|3|26|df=yes}}
|-
}}</onlyinclude>
| align="center"|2.2
 
| "When Louis Met...[[Chris Eubank]]"
===Series 1 (2000–01)===
| 12 March 2002
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| Louis joins the ex-boxer at home, in the ring and on a trip to buy jodhpurs. Eubank attempts a tongue twister and pontificates on being a role model for children.
{{Episode list
|-
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| align="center"|2.3
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| "When Louis Met...[[Keith Harris]] & [[Orville the Duck|Orville]] in Panto"
| Title = When Louis Met [[Jimmy Savile|Jimmy]]
| 19 March 2002
| DirectedBy = Will Yapp
| Louis meets the ventriloquist who no longer enjoys the TV light entertainment limelight (and can't hide his bitterness about that) but is still earning a good living. He has a flashy car, an ex-model partner, a large home and a role in [[Crewe]]'s pantomime.
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|4|13|df=y}}
|-
| 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>
| align="center"|2.4
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| "When Louis Met...[[Max Clifford]]"
}}
| 26 March 2002
{{Episode list
| Louis meets the PR guru/media manipulator as he handles [[Pop Idol]] judge [[Simon Cowell]] and child star [[Declan Galbraith]] and organises a charity do involving [[Westlife]].
| EpisodeNumber = 2
|-
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| align="center"|2.5
| Title = When Louis Met [[Paul Daniels|Paul]] and [[Debbie McGee|Debbie]]
| "Living with Louis"
| DirectedBy = Will Yapp
| Unknown
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|2|20|df=y}}
| [[Jimmy Savile|Jimmy]], [[Paul Daniels|Paul]] and [[Debbie McGee|Debbie]], [[Neil Hamilton (politician)|The Hamiltons]], [[Chris Eubank]] and [[Keith Harris]] talk about being interviewed by Louis Theroux. Louis also provides insight into how he felt those four shows went and what those people were like to spend time with. The show is interspersed with clips from the shows.
| 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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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = When Louis Met the Hamiltons
| DirectedBy = Will Yapp
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|12|11|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Louis follows the (by then) former Conservative [[Member of parliament|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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}}
 
===Series 2 (2002)===
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = When Louis Met [[Ann Widdecombe]]
| DirectedBy = Kate Townsend
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|3|5|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = A prickly encounter with the Conservative politician in which Louis upsets her by asking about her possibly non-existent sex life and hears about her love of poetry and cats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/node/142586 |title=When Ann met Louis |publisher=New Statesman |date=2002-03-25 |access-date=2014-03-06}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = When Louis Met [[Chris Eubank]]
| DirectedBy = Alicia Kerr
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|3|12|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Louis joins the ex-boxer at home, in the ring and on a trip to buy jodhpurs. Eubank attempts a tongue twister and pontificates on being a role model for children.
| LineColor = FF7200
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = When Louis Met [[Keith Harris (ventriloquist)|Keith Harris]] and [[Orville the Duck|Orville]] in Panto
| DirectedBy = Guy Gilbert
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|3|19|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Louis meets the ventriloquist who no longer enjoys the TV light entertainment limelight (and can't hide his bitterness about that) but is still earning a good living. He has a flashy car, an ex-model wife, a large home and a role in [[Crewe]]'s pantomime.
| LineColor = FF7200
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = When Louis Met [[Max Clifford]]
| DirectedBy = Alicia Kerr
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|3|26|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Louis meets the PR guru/media manipulator as he handles [[Pop Idol]] judge [[Simon Cowell]] and child star [[Declan Galbraith]] and organises a charity do involving [[Westlife]].
| LineColor = FF7200
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Living with Louis
| DirectedBy = Will Yapp
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|3|26|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Produced exclusively for pay TV channel [[UK Horizons]]. The participants of the previous programmes (with the exception of Ann Widdecombe and Max Clifford) talk about being interviewed by Louis Theroux. Louis also provides insight into how he felt those five shows went and what those people were like to spend time with. The show is interspersed with clips from the shows.
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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 documentary'sdocumentaries.''{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
 
==DVDHome releasereleases==
All episodes of ''When Louis Met...'' are available on [[BBC iPlayer]] including 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.
 
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.
 
* '''The Best of Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends'''
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** DVD Bonus: When Louis Met...[[Jimmy Savile|Jimmy]]
** DVD Bonus: In-Vision Commentary by Louis & [[Sir]] [[Jimmy Savile]] [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]
 
* '''The Best of Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends Volume II'''
** [[Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends]]: Swingers
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** DVD Bonus: When Louis Met...[[Neil Hamilton (politician)|The Hamiltons]]
** DVD Bonus: In-Vision Commentary by Louis and [[Neil Hamilton (politician)|the Hamiltons]]
 
* '''The Best of Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends Volume I'''
** [[Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends]]: Porn
** [[Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends]]: Survivalists
** DVD Bonus: In-Vision Commentary by Louis and [[Jimmy Savile|Jimmy]] Taped in [[Jimmy Savile|Jimmy's]] Penthouse
 
* '''The Best of Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends Volume II'''
** [[Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends]]: Wrestling
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** DVD Bonus: When Louis Met...[[Neil Hamilton (politician)|The Hamiltons]]
** DVD Bonus: In-Vision Commentary by Louis and [[Neil Hamilton (politician)|the Hamiltons]]
 
* '''The Best of Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends Volume III'''
** [[Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends]]: Swingers
** [[Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends]]: South Africa
** DVD Bonus: In-Vision Commentary by Louis and [[Neil Hamilton (politician)|the Hamiltons]]
 
* '''The Best of Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends Volume IV'''
** [[Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends]]: Gangsta Rap
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** DVD Bonus: When Louis Met...[[Jimmy Savile|Jimmy]]
** DVD Bonus: In-Vision Commentary by Louis and [[Jimmy Savile|Jimmy]] Taped in [[Jimmy Savile|Jimmy's]] Penthouse
* '''The Best of Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends Volume I, II, III & IV'''
 
** [[Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends]]: Porn
** [[Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends]]: Survivalists
** DVD Bonus: In-Vision Commentary by Louis and [[Jimmy Savile|Jimmy]] Taped in [[Jimmy Savile|Jimmy's]] Penthouse
** [[Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends]]: Wrestling
** [[Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends]]: Hypnosis
** DVD Bonus: When Louis Met...[[Neil Hamilton (politician)|The Hamiltons]]
** DVD Bonus: In-Vision Commentary by Louis and [[Neil Hamilton (politician)|the Hamiltons]]
** [[Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends]]: Swingers
** [[Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends]]: South Africa
** DVD Bonus: In-Vision Commentary by Louis and [[Neil Hamilton (politician)|the Hamiltons]]
** [[Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends]]: Gangsta Rap
** [[Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends]]: UFOs
** DVD Bonus: When Louis Met...[[Jimmy Savile|Jimmy]]
** DVD Bonus: In-Vision Commentary by Louis and [[Jimmy Savile|Jimmy]] Taped in [[Jimmy Savile|Jimmy's]] Penthouse
* '''Louis Theroux: The Collection'''
** [[Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends]]: Porn
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==See also==
* [[List of Louis Theroux documentaries]]
 
* [[List of Louis Theroux's BBC Two Documentariesspecials]]
* [[Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends]]
 
==References==
{{reflist|2Reflist}}
 
==External links==
*{{imdbBBC programme}}
*{{IMDb title|0304938|title=When Louis Met Jimmy}}
*{{imdbIMDb title|0304939|title=When Louis Met Paul and Debbie}}
*{{imdbIMDb title|0304940|title=When Louis Met the Hamiltons}}
*{{imdbIMDb title|0304937|title=When Louis Met Ann Widdecombe}}
*{{imdbIMDb title|0313778|title=When Louis Met Chris Eubank}}
*{{imdbIMDb title|0313779|title=When Louis Met Keith Harris and Orville}}
*{{IMDb title|1988837|title=When Louis Met Max Clifford}}
*{{IMDb title|1995360|title=Living with Louis}}
 
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