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Louis meets the Oscar-winning actress at her home in Surrey for a candid and lively conversation about her long career, her passion for theatre, her life away from acting and her relationship with her husband, the late Michael Williams. Louis also accompanies Judi to the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End, where they discuss the difficulties of the lockdown and how it inadvertently led to her surprise popularity on TikTok
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Louis Theroux
(Presenter)
Judi Dench
(Guest)
Arron Fellows
(Executive producer)
Emma Whitehead
(Series producer)
Tom Barrow
(Director)
Catherine Murnane
(Producer)
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Did You Know..
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.
Judi Dench
(Guest)
Born:
December 09, 1934
in
York
Best Known For:
Her Bond film appearances.
Early-life:
Judith Olivia Dench was born on December 9, 1934, in York, the daughter of a doctor and his Irish wife. She attended Mount School, a Quaker institution, alongside author AS Byatt. She made her stage debut there - as a snail. Originally intending to be an artist, the experience changed her mind. She was also inspired by backstage visits to York Theatre Royal, where her father was the company's GP. She followed older brother Jeffrey to the Central School Of Speech And Drama.
Career:
Dench made her professional debut with the Old Vic Company before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1961, and has frequently worked on stage ever since. She became a household name in the 1980s thanks to sitcom A Fine Romance, for which she won a Bafta. She's also won the award for Four in the Morning, Talking to a Stranger, Iris, The Last of the Blonde Bombshells, Shakespeare In Love (for which she picked up an Oscar too), A Handful of Dust, Mrs Brown and A Room With a View. Other notable productions include Chocolat, Notes on a Scandal, J Edgar, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and its sequel, and several Bond movies, including Skyfall, in which she bowed out as M.
Quote:
'I just feel incredibly lucky to be employed. That's why I sometimes feel desperate, in case I'm not going to be cast again.'
Trivia:
She became a Dame of the British Empire in 1988.
Arron Fellows
(Executive producer)
Emma Whitehead
(Series producer)
Tom Barrow
(Director)
Catherine Murnane
(Producer)
