Gotta Get Theroux This: My life and strange times in television

Product Description From much-loved documentary maker Louis Theroux comes a funny, heartfelt and entertaining account of his life and weird times in TV. The Sunday Times Bestseller. 'Honest and soul-searching' - Sunday Express ______________ In 1994 fledgling journalist Louis Theroux was given a one-off gig on Michael Moore’s TV Nation, presenting a segment on apocalyptic religious sects. Gawky, socially awkward and totally unqualified, his first reaction to this exciting opportunity was panic. But he’d always been drawn to off-beat characters, so maybe his enthusiasm would carry the day. Or, you know, maybe it wouldn’t . . . In Gotta Get Theroux This, Louis takes the reader on a joyous journey from his anxiety-prone childhood to his unexpectedly successful career. Nervously accepting the BBC’s offer of his own series, he went on to create an award-winning documentary style that has seen him immersed in the weird worlds of paranoid US militias and secretive pro-wrestlers, get under the skin of celebrities like Max Clifford and Chris Eubank and tackle gang culture in San Quentin prison, all the time wondering whether the same qualities that make him good at documentaries might also make him bad at life. As Louis woos his beautiful wife Nancy and learns how to be a father, he also dares to take on the powerful Church of Scientology. Just as challenging is the revelation that one of his old subjects, Jimmy Savile, was a secret sexual predator, prompting him to question our understanding of how evil takes place. Filled with wry observation and self-deprecating humour, this is Louis at his most insightful and honest best. ______________ 'Funny, engaging' - Sunday Times 'Gripping' - Daily Mail 'Absorbing and surprisingly candid' - Telegraph Magazine Review An absorbing and surprisingly candid book . . . ― Telegraph Magazine

Gripping ― Daily Mail --Daily Mail Engaging, funny ― Sunday Times --Sunday Times If you are a fan of Louis Theroux's self-deprecating humour and relaxed broadcasting style, you will enjoy this honest and soul-searching account of his life so far. ― Sunday Express --Sunday Express From the Back Cover ‘Wry and revealing’ Sunday Express ‘Honest and perceptive . . . a fascinating read’ Red Gawky and socially awkward, Louis Theroux might be an unlikely television star, but his award-winning documentaries have won him millions of fans around the world. Now he turns his questioning eye on himself and wonders why do people tattoo his face on their body, and would it be wrong for him to encourage them? And are the same qualities that make him good at documentaries also making him bad at life? Insightful and funny, Gotta Get Theroux This takes us from Louis’ anxiety-prone childhood to an unexpectedly successful career that has seen him immersed in the weird worlds of paranoid US militias and secretive pro-wrestlers, get under the skin of celebrities and take his life in his hands investigating American prisons. As Louis woos his beautiful wife Nancy and learns how to be a father, he also dares to take on the powerful Church of Scientology. Just as challenging is the revelation that one of his old subjects, Jimmy Savile, was a secret sexual predator, prompting him to reflect on the nature of evil he has spent decades uncovering. About the Author Louis Theroux went to America after graduating from Oxford University, where he wrote for satirical magazine Spy. After working on Michael Moore's TV Nation, Louis hosted his own show, Weird Weekends, for the BBC. He followed this with the hugely popular series When Louis met... in which he spent time with, amongst others, Jimmy Savile, Neil and Christine Hamilton and Chris Eubank.