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| caption = Title card from When Louis Met...Keith Harris & Orville in Panto

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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 2000–2002. 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 [[Jimmy Savile]] (''(When Louis Met... Jimmy)'') was voted one of the top 50 documentaries of all time in a survey by [[Channel Four]]. In another episode (''("When Louis Met... the Hamiltons")''), the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[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, 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 |accessdate=2014-03-06}}</ref>

==Episodes==

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| EpisodeNumber = 1

| EpisodeNumber2 = 1

| Title = When Louis Met... [[Jimmy Savile|Jimmy]]

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|4|13|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Louis visits his childhood hero – 73-year-old [[Jimmy Savile]] [[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 web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,3604,178381,00.html |title=In bed with Jimmy &#124; The Guardian |publisher=Guardian.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-03-06}}</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 |accessdate=2014-03-06}}</ref>

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| EpisodeNumber = 2

| EpisodeNumber2 = 2

| Title = When Louis Met... [[Paul Daniels|Paul]] and [[Debbie McGee|Debbie]]

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|2|20|df=y}}

| 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 |publisher=The Guardian |date=2001-02-19 |accessdate=2014-03-06}}</ref>

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| EpisodeNumber = 3

| EpisodeNumber2 = 3

| Title = When Louis Met...[[Neil Hamilton (politician)|Thethe Hamiltons]]

| 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 |accessdate=2014-03-06}}</ref>

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| EpisodeNumber = 4

| EpisodeNumber2 = 1

| Title = When Louis Met... [[Ann Widdecombe]]

| 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|author= |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/node/142586 |title=When Ann met Louis |publisher=New Statesman |date=2002-03-25 |accessdate=2014-03-06}}</ref>

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| Title = When Louis Met... [[Chris Eubank]]

| 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.

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| EpisodeNumber = 6

| EpisodeNumber2 = 3

| Title = When Louis Met... [[Keith Harris (ventriloquist)|Keith Harris]] &and [[Orville the Duck|Orville]] in Panto

| 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.

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| EpisodeNumber = 7

| EpisodeNumber2 = 4

| Title = When Louis Met... [[Max Clifford]]

| 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]].

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| Title = Living with Louis

| OriginalAirDate = {{TableTBA|N/A}}2002

| ShortSummary = [[JimmyProduced Savile]],exclusively [[Paulfor Daniels]]pay andTV channel [[DebbieUK McGeeHorizons]],. [[NeilThe Hamiltonparticipants of the previous programmes (politician)|Thewith Hamiltons]],the [[Chrisexception Eubank]]of Ann Widdecombe and [[KeithMax Harris (ventriloquistClifford)|Keith Harris]] 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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