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'''''When Louis Met...''''' is a series of documentary films made by [[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 and charity fund-raiser [[Sir 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 disgraced [[Tory]] [[MP]] [[Neil Hamilton]] and his wife Christine were arrested following false allegations of indecent assault during the course of filming.
== Episode List ==
<sub>(Dates indicate original BBC 2 air date)</sub><br /><br />
'''When Louis Met...Jimmy''' ''(13/04/2000)''<br />
''Louis visits his childhood hero – 73-year-old [[Jimmy Savile]] [[OBE]], the miner who became a TV and radio star – and gets to ride in Jimmy's Rolls-Royce which has golden hubcaps.''<br /><br />
'''When Louis Met...Paul And Debbie''' ''(20/02/2001)''<br />
''Louis joins [[Paul Daniels]] and [[Debbie McGee]] in their beautiful 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.''<br /><br />
'''When Louis Met...The Hamiltons''' ''(11/12/2001)''<br />
''Louis follows the disgraced [[Tory]] [[MP]] and his notorious wife as they try to make a living as "objects of curiosity". The film features Louis canoodling on the sofa with a tipsy Christine and following the pair when they are arrested over a sexual scandal (both were cleared later).''<br /><br />
'''When Louis Met...[[Ann Widdecombe]]''' ''(05/03/2002)''<br />
''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.''<br /><br />
'''When Louis Met...[[Chris Eubank]]''' ''(12/03/2002)''<br />
''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.''<br /><br />
'''When Louis Met...[[Keith Harris]] and Orville''' ''(19/03/2002)''<br />
''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 flash car, an ex-model missus, a large home and a role in [[Crewe]]'s pantomime.''<br /><br />
'''When Louis Met...[[Max Clifford]]''' ''(26/03/2002)''<br />
''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]].''
== Awards ==
'''Winner''' - 2002 [[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"
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