Anybody see Louis Theroux versus the Nazis yesterday?

I mean, this is supposed to be one of the most dangerous racists in the USA and he comes up with something so wayward as that. That guy was a total clown. It all started coming together in the end, the way a lot of people were bending over backwards to support him and couldn't say a word against him - not sure what was going on there.

when the mother was playing that punk sounding nazi band in the car I wanted louis to tell her that rock music was invented by black ppl and what she thought of that.

I kept switching between this prog and top 50 villains and heroes thing on C4.

xpost - why Julio ?

oh I just wondered whether someone googling the N-word would come across this thread maybe. sorry maybe I'm wrong here.

And surely we all know Louis does this for kicks by now? Saying that the bald guy Tom is one of the world's most powerful racists is like saying that Neil and Christine Hamilton are two of the world's most powerful politicians.

Okay, maybe that was hyperbole, but he was considerably influential in his area. His lawyer was really sweating for an answer right near the end when asked if he agreed with a racist magazine.

I guess I shouldn't be shocked, but I am.

Why the hell don't they show this stuff in the US?

Louis Theroux returns to BBC2 for new series

Owen Gibson, media correspondent
Monday March 20, 2006

The man who got closer than he may have liked to Christine Hamilton, under the skin of Jimmy Savile and on the nerves of Max Clifford while pioneering a revealing, gently mocking form of fly on the wall documentary, is to return to the BBC.

Louis Theroux has signed a deal to make a new series for BBC2, where he first appeared onscreen in 1994 in Michael Moore's TV Nation. He will make 10 60-minute films over the next three years. Having taken a break from television to write a book, The Call of the Weird: Travels in American Subcultures, he said he planned to return to the medium where he made his name. "As a student of bizarre organisations and eccentric people, the BBC feels like my natural home," he said.

The book was based on his original Weird Weekend series, which featured him as an innocent abroad in a variety of US subcultures, including UFO hunters, porn actors, white supremacists, gangsta rappers and professional wrestlers. For the follow up he returned to the UK and carved out a niche following peculiarly British celebrities, including Paul Daniels, Keith Harris, boxer Chris Eubank and MP Ann Widdecombe. During his Hamiltons documentary he was caught up in a media storm when the former Tory MP and his wife were falsely accused of sexual assault.

Roly Keating, BBC2 controller, said Theroux was "one of the most influential and unique voices in modern TV". He added: "His acute eye and wicked sense of humour have been away for too long."

Neil Hamilton said his appeal lay in his straightforward manner. "What you see is what you get. He started out wanting to make a programme about us and we wanted to make a programme about him. Events rather took over," he said.

The programmes helped him win Bafta awards in 2001 and 2002 for best presenter.

The commissions will be overseen by Nick Mirsky, the man behind BBC2's hit The Armstrongs, which features the toe curling exploits of the husband and wife management team of a double glazing firm.