Added: 22-07-2011 23:00:24

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Louis Theroux travels to spend a few weeks with former boxer and current dandy Chris Eubank. Chris immediately stands out as a character and Louis follows him onto the panel show They Think It's All Over, goes clothes shopping together and even do some sparing. Louis tries to get to know Chris as a person and not as a character and interviews him as well as his wife Karron and their children. This sticks in my mind as one of Louis' most successful live-in programmes of late. It is successful simply because his subject is interesting and is willing to be interesting onscreen. Some of his subjects have fought over questions and refused access to some areas and hence been dull and secretive. Chris is immediately warm and friendly - however that is his personae after all. The most fun is had where Chris doesn't want to talk - these are the moments when he is hurt. For example he is ripped to pieces on the game show but because we are with him, it isn't funny, it just me feel for him more. At home Chris tries to be a lord of the manor and this is very funny. His wife isn't afraid to say what his faults are and how he doesn't help her at all. He looks after himself and Karron looks after everything else. This area is given some screen time and the jovial conflicts that come out of this are good.

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