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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The Louis Theroux Podcast · S8 EP9: Mo Gilligan on being quoted by Drake, his surprising shopping addiction, and eating fried chicken for 28 days straight · 4 Aug 2026 podcast

Richard Blackwood pays tribute to him. matched

Although in fact, it's actually... matched

Lenny's briefly in frame, because what kicks off the whole documentary is Ricky Gervais saying, you know, why don't we have more black British comedians? matched

In America, they've got so many, David Chappelle, Chris Rock, and so on and so on. matched

And then in the background is a picture of Lenny Henry. matched

So you see yourself as a product of a scene. matched

Someone who benefited from a black comedy circuit in the UK and who paved the way somewhat for what you were doing. matched

Yeah. matched

And is it that Lenny wasn't really... matched

And he talks about, he's done Edinburgh, he's done Glastonbury, he's done Reading, he's sold out various big venues, but... matched

feels maybe he hasn't been given the shot he deserved. matched

Yeah, yeah, yeah. matched

Reading through your story, it was striking that, and this is a theme of that documentary as well, that you kind of got your breakthrough social media, right? matched

And maybe it wouldn't have happened the way it did matched

If you'd just been doing the circuit or doing stand-up, but the key point was you went viral at a critical moment. matched

Is that fair? matched

And so then, according to legend, you'd be going off on your break and recording a video. matched

Yeah, this was my last retail job, so that was in Levi's. matched

Were you interacting with the comments or just looking at them? matched

So a lot of people are like... All right, so not quite friendly, middle class... Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. matched

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