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Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge

Up until then, I'd mainlybeen making episodes of 'Weird Weekends',which were just much...

Up until then, I'd mainly
been making episodes of 'Weird Weekends',
which were just much lighter and more humorous in tone,
so it felt like a big step to take on
a really serious subject

Full Transcript

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Up until then, I'd mainly been making episodes
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of 'Weird Weekends', which were just much lighter
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and more humorous in tone, so it felt like a big step
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to take on a really serious subject.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
57
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:51
Uploaded
May 27, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary
Production
BBC,BBC Documentaries

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Movie Summary

Interviews with Louis Theroux and conversations between the filmmaker and some of his most notable contributors.
S01 • E04 [bell tolls, protesters sing] - Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge 00:10
[bell tolls, protesters sing]
S01 • E02 Louis narrates: The San Fernando Valley, north of Los Angeles, - Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge 00:09
Louis narrates: The San Fernando Valley, north of Los Angele...
S01 • E01 Remember, this was the mid '90s, - Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge 00:07
Remember, this was the mid '90s,
S01 • E04 And so, based on that, - Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge 00:24
And so, based on that,
S01 • E01 Plus, you'd had the bungled siege at Waco, - Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge 00:16
Plus, you'd had the bungled siege at Waco,
S01 • E02 It's an industry that revolves around images of women, - Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge 00:11
It's an industry that revolves around images of women,
S01 • E03 And then I had the idea of getting inside - Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge 00:11
And then I had the idea of getting inside
S01 • E02 Louis: So listen, I may be interested in actually, - Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge 00:05
Louis: So listen, I may be interested in actually,
S01 • E01 Many were taking to the hills and arming themselves - Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge 00:10
Many were taking to the hills and arming themselves
S01 • E03 We did a deep trawl of prisons around the US. - Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge 00:04
We did a deep trawl of prisons around the US.
S01 • E03 We visited three - that 'we' being my director - Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge 00:06
We visited three - that 'we' being my director
S01 • E03 And they came back and said, "San Quentin's the place." - Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge 00:06
And they came back and said, "San Quentin's the pl...
S01 • E02 - You can go, if you can do it, you can go all the way. - Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge 00:05
- You can go, if you can do it, you can go all the way.
S01 • E01 And there'd been a lot in the media about them, - Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge 00:07
And there'd been a lot in the media about them,
S01 • E02 Louis narrates: At that time, - Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge 00:08
Louis narrates: At that time,
S01 • E01 ..and, if I'm honest, at the same time, - Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge 00:06
..and, if I'm honest, at the same time,
S01 • E03 San Quentin is one of America's oldest - Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge 00:09
San Quentin is one of America's oldest
S01 • E04 Just don't think of fags - Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge 00:05
Just don't think of fags
S01 • E02 Yeah, they come in here, they fill out an application, - Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge 00:20
Yeah, they come in here, they fill out an application,
S01 • E04 Think of it as people - Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge 00:12
Think of it as people