A ton of classic Louis Theroux documentaries have just been added to iPlayer

Wil Jones

Louis Theroux is a national treasure

Louis Theroux’s dweebish persona manages to perfectly put his subjects at ease, letting them slowly reveal themselves to the camera. Whether he is speaking to victims of head trauma or members of the Westboro Baptist Church, he treats people as actual human beings, making films that can be times hilarious, or moving, or shocking – and often all three.

And while there might have been a hint of ironic detachment in his earlier Weird Weekend films from the late 1990s, he has only grown as a documentarian, covering a wide range of both serious and off-beat subjects in recent years, from alcoholism to extreme plastic surgery to high rollers in Vegas.

His films are incredibly rewatchable, and plenty of them are on Netflix. However, there are quite a few that are not available at all at present, either on disc or streaming, outside of the odd re-run on cable.

Thankfully though, the BBC have just uploaded a ton of classic Louis Theroux docs onto iPlayer – meaning that they are free to watch if you are in the UK and have a TV license.

The selection spans the whole of Theroux’s career – from his recent Dark States series, all the way back to Weird Weekends (and yes, the rap episode is on there!)

Here is the entire list of films now on iPlayer: