Despite the fact that the majority of film and TV productions closed due to Covid-19, Louis Theroux has kept himself busy during the lockdown.
Aside from starting a podcast series, the broadcaster has also been working on his brand new production company, Mindhouse Productions.
While it's unlikely that we'll see any 'completely' new features from the beloved documentarian in 2020, BBC Two will be showing a four-part retrospective series called Louis Theroux: Life On The Edge.
The series will be looking back at Theroux's body of work spanning 25 years, and it will include new material.
As per the official synopsis: "The series will feature interviews with Louis, as well as new conversations and catch-ups between him and some of his most notable contributors - many of whose stories have since unfolded in unexpected ways. Louis has also plundered his own home movie footage and news archive to tell stories about human psychology, the myriad of ways in which people behave or deal with adversity, and how the world has changed over the last three decades."
Truth be told, all we want is for Louis to dip his toe back into the world of wrestling. That's all we ask.
Speaking about the four-part series, Theroux says:
For years I’ve wanted to go back and make sense of the programmes I’ve made, find out what happened to some of the contributors, update their stories, and see what all these many hours of making TV might add up to.
Lockdown gave me the time and space to do this. It’s been a strange and fascinating couple of months working on this, and especially fun to dig through old episodes of Weird Weekends - programmes I made in the mid-90s, when the world was a very different place.
I’m really proud of what we’ve been able to do with this new series. I think we’ve been able to make the whole add up to more than the sum of the parts and to bring out surprising themes and commonalities. And, if nothing else, it was an interesting review of how my haircuts and glasses have changed over the years.
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