Category: Factual & Arts TV; BBC TWO
Date: 20.03.2006
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Bafta award-winning film-maker Louis Theroux is set to return to BBC TWO.
The man who has been up close and personal with the Hamiltons and spent a month living in a brothel has been commissioned to make ten 60-minute programmes.
They will be screened on the channel over the next three years.
Having taken a break from television to write his latest book, Louis is now back researching ideas for the new commissions.
Commenting on his return to television, Louis says: "This is a terrific opportunity to make some new documentaries that will hopefully be every bit as informative and entertaining as the ones I've been known for in the past.
"I've been doing TV for more than ten years now but my appetite to get stuck into amazing stories is stronger than ever. Fortunately, there seems to be no shortage of material."
Roly Keating, Controller of BBC TWO, adds: "Louis is one of the most influential and unique voices in modern TV.
"His acute eye and wicked sense of humour have been away for too long. It's great to welcome him back to BBC TWO."
Louis first appeared on BBC TWO in Michael Moore's TV Nation in 1994.
Since then he has gone on to make the award-winning Weird Weekends and a series of films about British celebrities, including Paul and Debbie Daniels, Chris Eubank, and MP Ann Widdecombe.
He won Bafta's Richard Dimbleby Award for Best Presenter in 2001 and 2002.
The new commissions are BBC Productions for BBC TWO.
The Executive Producer is Nick Mirsky. The Series Producer is Stuart Cabb.
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