Louis Theroux

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6,783 appearances 16 recordings 3 series first heard Dec 2025 last heard 4 Aug

Louis Theroux’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 16 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 5.

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You're known not just for your ideas, but for your origin story, and some of that's laid out in the book. matched

There's almost a Harry Potter dimension. matched

I overused that analogy, but never mind. matched

And you've got wizarding powers in the form of your maths ability, born to a muggle family, if you like. matched

As you said, in Ilford, Dad was a postal worker, Mum was a homemaker. matched

And both of the Mormon I was interested to read. matched

Yeah, yeah. matched

Did they meet in the church? matched

They did, yes. matched

They grew up in South London, met in the Mormon church. matched

There were three of you. matched

You've got an older brother. matched

And a younger sister. matched

Younger sister's quite a noted... matched

Poet, she wrote a play, well musical, grime musical called Poet in the Corner. matched

Your older brother, I've only got little kind of, you've referred to him as quite an unusual character at times. matched

And then I think somewhere in your sister said he used to build supercomputers. matched

But you're all kind of – crumbs suggest that you're all remarkable in a way. matched

And, you know, in this, I guess, small house in Ilford – matched

Kind of amazing to think about, but not at all well off, and it was difficult. matched

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