Gotta get Theroux this

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Label

Gotta get Theroux this

Statement of responsibility

Louis Theroux

Title variation

• My life and strange times in television
• Got to get Theroux this

Creator

• Theroux, Louis

Author

• Theroux, Louis

Subject

• Broadcasters -- United Kingdom -- Biography
• Documentary films -- Production and direction -- Biography
• Documentary television programs -- Production and direction -- Great Britain -- Anecdotes
• Journalists -- 20th century -- Biography
• Journalists -- Biography
• Journalists -- United Kingdom -- Biography
• Biographies
• Television producers and directors -- Great Britain -- Biography
• Theroux, Louis
• Theroux, Louis -- Anecdotes
• Theroux, Louis -- Biography
• Television journalists -- Great Britain -- Biography
• Broadcasters -- Singapore -- Biography

Genre

• Biography
• Anecdotes

Language

eng

Summary

In 1994 fledgling journalist Louis Theroux was given a one-off gig on Michael Moore's TV Nation, presenting a segment on apocalyptic religious sects. Gawky, socially awkward and totally unqualified, his first reaction to this exciting opportunity was panic. But he'd always been drawn to off-beat characters, so maybe his enthusiasm would carry the day. Or, you know, maybe it wouldn't... Gotta Get Theroux This, Louis takes the reader on a joyous journey from his anxiety-prone childhood to his unexpectedly successful career. Nervously accepting the BBC's offer of his own series, he went on to create an award-winning documentary style that has seen him immersed in the weird worlds of paranoid US militias and secretive pro-wrestlers, get under the skin of celebrities like Max Clifford and Chris Eubank and tackle gang culture in San Quentin prison, all the time wondering whether the same qualities that make him good at documentaries might also make him bad at life. As Louis woos his beautiful wife Nancy and learns how to be a father, he also dares to take on the powerful Church of Scientology. Just as challenging is the revelation that one of his old subjects, Jimmy Savile, was a secret sexual predator, prompting him to question our understanding of how evil takes place. Filled with wry observation and self-deprecating humour, this is Louis at his most insightful and honest best

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

070.195/092

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Target audience

adult