Louis Theroux: Law & Disorder - Louis Theroux: Law & Disorder in Philadelphia

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Louis Theroux: Law & Disorder in Philadelphia

The award-winning journalist joins police patrols in Philadelphia to get a first-hand look at the city's seedy underbelly, and assess why it has one of the highest crime rates in the US

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Louis Theroux (Presenter)

Born: May 20, 1970 in Singapore

Best Known For: His controversial documentaries.

Early-life: Louis Sebastian Theroux was born on May 20, 1970, in Singapore, to American writer Paul and his British wife Anne. He has an older brother, the broadcaster Marcel, and his cousin is actor Justin Theroux. After attending Westminster School, where he befriended comedians Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish, and politician Nick Clegg, Louis gained a first-class degree in modern history from Magdalen College, Oxford. He landed his first journalism job working for alternative free paper Metro Silicon Valley, and in 1992 moved to Spy magazine.

Career: Theroux got his TV break as a reporter on Michael Moore's TV Nation. When that ended, he was snapped up by the BBC to make the series Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends. In 2001 he fronted When Louis Met…, featuring an array of celebrities who were shadowed by the journalist. Two years later, the BBC aired a series of one-off specials in which Louis explored various figures in America. In 2006, he signed a deal with the BBC to film 10 documentaries over three years, which aired sporadically. Among them were The Most Hated Family in America and Louis Theroux: Under the Knife. He continues to make acclaimed documentaries on a range of unusual subjects.

Quote: "The subjects I'm interested in are quite extreme. They're so far beyond the pale of normal human interaction that you're never going to get a reality show on that territory."

Trivia: He's won several awards and in 2005 published a book, The Call of the Weird: Travels in American Subcultures.