Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends is a tv show, more specifically a documentary, in which Louis Theroux gives viewers the chance to get brief glimpses of things they wouldn't normally come into contact with. In most cases this means interviewing people with extreme beliefs of some kind, or just generally belonging to subcultures not known to exist by most or just frowned upon. It was first shown in the UK on BBC2.

Episodes

Some of the episodes titles might be wrong, or several titles are given because there isn't a definitive guide to go by.

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UFOs

This episode follows several people who believe in UFO's. One of these is a man called Thor Templar, the self titled "Lord Commander of the Earth Protectorate". He claims to have killed more then ten aliens by chopping their heads off.

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:Originally aired on the 22nd of January 1998

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The Porn Industry

Is being a porn star really the dream job for any man? This episode offers a look at very different sides of the porn industry, as Louis interviews countless male and female porn stars. He reveals the problems a lot of porn actors face, be it not getting a job in straight porn and therefore having to do gay porn, or not getting an erection when it is needed.

Related Topics:
Porn star - Straight - Gay - Erection

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Swinging

Louis meets a couple from Southern California who have been hosting swinging partes for countless years. He visits one of these very popular parties to find out what drives couples to want to swap partners. This program also offers a brief look into other kinds of swinging through an organisation that has a database of members that are rated on a scale of 1 to 10. Under this system, you can only visit the parties of people of your level and lower.

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Wrestling

Louis takes a look at different types of wrestling from the high profile WCW to people known organizing events in their spare time. He also visits the WCW Power Plant, a training facility where some of the WCW wrestlers started out. The training he receives there from Dewayne Bruce shows him that some wrestlers will not break kayfabe (the illusion of fiction being fact) and will take exception when their profession's authenticity is questioned.

Related Topics:
WCW - WCW Power Plant - Dewayne Bruce - Kayfabe

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Rap

This episode shows Louis going to New Orleans to have a look at the gangsta rap scene known as the "Dirty South". He starts his own Gangsta rap, having a CD cover designed for him as well as getting the rappers Reece and Bigelow to write a song for him to perform on a rap radio show. Other parts include him interviewing a pimp turned rapper, as well as rap superstar Master P.

Related Topics:
Gangsta rap - Pimp - Master P

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Nazis

In this episode Louis visits self-proclaimed Nazis as well as a skinhead rally. He also meets a set of twins known as Prussian Blue that make music with racist lyrics and are considered to be the Britney Spears of the scene. Louis being mistaken for a Jew makes part of this episode pretty tense.

Related Topics:
Britney Spears - Jew

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Other episodes

• Demolition Derby
• Off-Off Broadway
• Head For The Hills/Survivalists
• Infomercials
• Televangelists
• Whites
• Black Nationalism
• Looking for Love
• Bodybuilders
• Christianity
• India: Enlightenment
• Self-Fulfilment