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'''''When Louis Met...''''' is a series of documentary films by [[Louis Theroux]]. The series was originally aired on [[BBC2]] 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 episode about the DJ charity fund-raiser, [[Jimmy Savile]] ''(When Louis Met... Jimmy)'' was voted one of the top fifty50 documentaries of all time in a survey by Britain's [[Channel Four]]. In another episode ''("When Louis Met...The the Hamiltons")'', the [[Tory]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] [[Neil Hamilton (politician)|Neil Hamilton]] and his wife Christine were arrested during the course of filming following allegations of indecent assault which were subsequently found to be false. The show did not return for a third series; 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 |accessdate=2014-03-06}}</ref>
'''''When Louis Met...''''' is a series of documentary films made by [[Bafta|BAFTA]] award-winning film-maker [[Louis Theroux]]. The series was originally aired on [[BBC2]] 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 episode about the DJ charity fund-raiser, [[Jimmy Savile]] ''(When Louis Met...Jimmy)'' was voted one of the top fifty documentaries of all time in a survey by Britain's [[Channel Four]]. In another episode ''("When Louis Met...The Hamiltons")'', the [[Tory]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] [[Neil Hamilton (politician)|Neil Hamilton]] and his wife Christine were arrested during the course of filming following allegations of indecent assault which were subsequently found to be false.
 
The show did not return for a third series; 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 |accessdate=2014-03-06}}</ref>
 
==Episodes==