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Louis Theroux’s best documentaries, from Behind Bars to Extreme Love

Source: BBC

Louis Theroux is a prolific filmmaker, and has made more than 70 documentaries over the course of 25 years. He’s gone to some of the most dangerous cities on earth, met with some of the most challenging and unpleasant characters around, and has lifted the lid on some of the world’s most uncomfortable and upsetting stories.

He’s spent time with all kinds of people: UFO chasers, swingers, paedophiles, racists, gang members, body builders, porn stars, prisoners, alcoholics, rappers, , gamblers, religious extremists, drug addicts, bereaved families, and people suffering from terrible diseases. The result is an astonishing body of

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