The Word On... Louis Theroux – A Place for Paedophiles
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference."It was a brave documentary, unafraid to portray sex-offenders as the deeply flawed human beings rather than sub-human bogeymen as is often (perhaps rather conveniently) the case. One thing's for sure – splashing out £137,000 a head each year from the public purse to keep them locked up on a course of ineffectual rehabilitation doesn't seem to be the solution." - Stewart Turner, blogs.orange.co.uk/tv
"Excellent programme. Journalism of the highest calibre lives on as long as Louis Theroux goes about his business like this." - Jeff, snptacticalvoting.blogspot.com
"The show didn't quite know what it wanted. In one respect, it was brave enough to humanise the child molesters (yup, they're people with feelings too), it obviously didn't want to humanise them too much for fear of looking sympathetic. What we were left with was a show that had a bold, big title but sadly, contained very little. There were interesting moments, but Theroux wasn't able to get under the skin of his subjects this time around. Maybe they were too guarded? This wasn't his best work." - www.tvscoop.tv
"For the questions it raises and the insights it delivers, it is required viewing." - averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments