| America's Most Hated Family in Crisis | |
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| Written by | Louis Theroux |
| Directed by | Emma Cooper |
| Starring | Louis Theroux |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
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| Producers | Emma Cooper Nick Mirsky |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Release | 3 April 2011 |
| Related | |
| The Most Hated Family in America, Surviving America's Most Hated Family | |
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America's Most Hated Family in Crisis (also known as The Return of America's Most Hated Family in some markets) is a 2011 BBC documentary film presented and written by Louis Theroux, who revisits the family at the core of the Westboro Baptist Church.[1] It is a follow-up to 2007's The Most Hated Family in America, also written and presented by Theroux. In 2019, Theroux made another follow-up, Surviving America's Most Hated Family, completing a trilogy of documentaries based on the church.[2]
The documentary first aired on BBC Two in the United Kingdom on 3 April 2011 at 9pm.[1] It received mainly positive reviews from critics, with the Metro calling it "terrifying".[3] The documentary had 3.33 million viewers and was BBC Two's most watched programme of that week.[4]
- ^ a b "America's Most Hated Family in Crisis". BBC Two Programmes. Archived from the original on 8 April 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
- ^ "TV review: Louis Theroux: Surviving America's Most Hated Family, BBC Two". The List. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis was terrifying". 3 April 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ BARB UK Viewing Figures (for week 28 March - 3 April 2011)