Airdate: Louis Theroux: My Scientology Movie

Louis Theroux: My Scientology Movie will have its Australian TV premiere next month on BBC Knowledge.

In the film Theroux attempts to gain access to the secretive Church of Scientology and uses actors to recreate scenes, with former Scientology advisors.

Incomparable British broadcaster Louis Theroux is hilariously provocative in his first feature documentary, Louis Theroux: My Scientology Movie, created in collaboration with director John Dower and two-time Academy Award winning producer Simon Chinn.

Following a long fascination with the religion and with a lot of experience dealing with eccentric human behaviour, Theroux won’t take no for an answer when his request to enter the Church of Scientology’s Los Angeles headquarters is turned down. Theroux’s insatiable curiosity motivates him to understand what life inside the Church is really like, and with the aid of former second-in-command at the Church, Mark ‘Marty’ Rathbun, he uses actors to replay incidents people claim they experienced with high profile members such as Tom Cruise and leader David Miscavige.

Suffused with a good dose of humour and moments worthy of a Hollywood script, LouisTheroux: My Scientology Movie, proves that what people do in the name of religion can be truly stranger than fiction.

Tuesday November 15 at 8.30pm on BBC Knowledge.