America's Most Hated Family in Crisis

America's Most Hated Family in Crisis
Written byLouis Theroux
Directed byEmma Cooper
StarringLouis Theroux
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersEmma Cooper
Nick Mirsky
Running time60 minutes
Original release
Release3 April 2011 (2011-04-03)
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]

  1. ^ a b "America's Most Hated Family in Crisis". BBC Two Programmes. Archived from the original on 8 April 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  2. ^ "TV review: Louis Theroux: Surviving America's Most Hated Family, BBC Two". The List. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis was terrifying". 3 April 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  4. ^ BARB UK Viewing Figures (for week 28 March - 3 April 2011)