Louis is bullish towards her. Shes been good enough to invite him into her home and now hes belittling her just because she likes china plates and has chosen to look after her own mother in her old age. It takes all sorts to make a world and Ann is lovely. And she has a very full interesting life and does not need a man to measure her worth against !
I think this was just a younger Louis Theroux interview style. He pushes and acts cheeky towards the interviewee to try and get more out of the exchange and hopefully build up a rapport in the long term.
Anne Widdecombe seems like a perfectly decent woman. By the looks of it she looks after her own mother, which in my opinion is admirable and no easy task.
louis theroux is one of few journalists who have developed in themselves to produce fasinating documentories. His lastest ones are brilliant, he has the ability to be almost inpartical yet be bias and not offend the person, he also presents the arguement insuch a way that the audience questions itself, not being told to think this and that! Go louis!
I agree with absolutely none of Ann's politics or beliefs but still can't help but like her. She has a unapologetic attitude to who she is that's sadly lacking in most people.
Louis did have a moderate case of "foot-in-mouth" disease here (though it could have been a lot worse, it wasn't like he said something disgusting to her). However, this and a few other moments aside, it was actually quite an endearing documentary with the two of them spending time together. And Louis has obviously matured a hell of a lot since then and thus has redeemed himself. In fact, he said in a recent interview that some of his regrets were the times in his documentaries where he was a bit inconsiderate of other people's feelings (unintentionally or not). Also he has said in a few other interviews that he wasn't totally happy while making some of the later "When Louis met" films. I think he broke up with his long-time girlfriend (whom he was married to for visa reasons) during that time. And he was kind of in a rut professionally where he was going for easy ratings rather than making programmes about subjects that he actually had a strong interest in. Thankfully he turned that around and made his brothel, Michael Jackson and Nazi documentaries the following year. I think the "When Louis met" films were stepping stones between Weird Weekends and the kind of programmes he makes today. He had to make those films in order to learn and mature in both his professional and personal life.
Interesting. I do like Louis, and really enjoy watching his documentaries, but even I found this one in poor taste. I know he doesn't take himself seriously (at least in his earlier works) but he was really quite rude in this one.
Laura Bailey I didn't think he was overly rude, just kind of careless with his questions/comments at times. There were one or two moments where Louis was trying to make conversation with her and she kind of bit his head off (like the bit before her interview with David Frost). But they also had some banter as well which was pretty light-hearted.
Francesca Baines each to their own. Like I said, I like Louis, but yes, I thought he was rude, especially in the hairdressers scene and asking about her sexual relations or the lack of it should I say.
The problem is that it's the mindset of a documentarian or journalist to probe and pry to get the answer. It's something that is preached to you while in school. (I have a degree in Journalism, not a journalist, but took many courses.) It's seen as the end all be all, to stay focused and in control of the interview. While I think it is a good technique, it can definitely come across as callous and rude. The opposite is worse though. Being nice and letting non answers go creates terrible non informative interviews. The thing they never teach you is how to find that balance of prying while being personable. This problem is tougher when you are on screen and have to be conscience that everyone is judging you. I think Louis does a great job, but like you said he had a tendency to get inconsiderate, but I believe that is rooted in him trying to find the truth, he's not attempting to just create a headline or sound bite. I feel as though his motivation has always been fairly pure.
Tommy Salami I also think that Louis does a great job of asking the tough questions while still being personable. Like everyone, he has made one or two mistakes but overall he’s very nice and respectful to his contributors. All he wants is to know the truth and hopefully change people’s perceptions (which he has done multiple times). And I agree that accepting non-answers from interviewees is worse. If you do that, then the interview would be a waste of time.
Louis let himself down here, she was far more intelligent than him, and she showed him up for asking questions that were previously agreed not to be asked as a condition of doing the interview.
She's sort of likeable in an old-fashioned school teacher kind of way and she's not completely without a sense of humour. I mean I can understand her behaviour and Louis is just plain nosy at times. I'm not really thinking about her politics but she seems like she has some integrity.
I think Anne Widdecombe is loathsome. However, I never understood why Louis pushed the whole virgin/marriage agenda on her so much. Was it an attempt at shaming her? because she's done enough of that herself. It's an incredible invasion of privacy to some people... He must have known that.
Because she made such a bold statement. So he was pushing her to confirm that. Isn't it quite normal when someone went off their way to make such a statement then people around you would kinda.use that against you
It's because she's a conservative. This whole thing was about punishing a conservative. This is what liberals typically have always done with conservatives in the UK. It is, as Ann quite rightly says, impertinent. But that's the style of attack.
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I think it's because he can be a bit more brash around other other Brits as we have that stiff upper lip wheras someone from the US may just see him being completely condescending not understanding those social cues.
It's because she's a conservative. This whole thing was about punishing a conservative. This is what liberals typically have always done with conservatives in the UK. It is, as Ann quite rightly says, impertinent. But that's the style of attack.
After meeting Louis Theroux our forthright Ann had a wonderful makeover and she looks great. I think this program was a turning point Ivor Ann's future
You're right, and she was right: There's no way to be sure if she even wants to be in a sexual relationship with a man or not, and that's none of anyone's business anyway. It's nobody's business what she does or does not do sexually or non-sexually, in the privacy of her own home. This guy is very low-class for even asking those questions, and she very expertly and politely shut him down. She is 10,000 times more classy than him.
Louis seems to be very rude towards Anne Widdecombe, and although I personally disagree with most of the stuff she says and believes, I think it's childish and unprofessional to be blatantly rude towards her.
I thought Anne came across rather well. Down to earth , and quite fun. It's just annoying when they agree to be filmed, but then ban places. At least she let Louis film her in the hairdressers though, unlike Debbie Mcgee
@SuGaRuSh14 I dont think he was asking those questions to be cruel, those things are just some of what she is famous for, Louis was just trying the opinion straight from the source.
Did you not understand what he said and how sick he is, He knew exactly what he was saying, disgraceful. guess you not really listening. I never seen this guy before, but if this is how low ball he is I never want to see him again.
It didn't work for Louis did it! I'm a great admirer of Louis when interviewing weird people trying to pass themselves off as normal, but the trouble for Louis here is that Anne Widdecombe is a perfectly upright and normal individual who suffers from an unfortunate manner - in that she's a public figure who dares to say what she thinks
@JoeStunner i agree you know what i think it is? older people ( i know ann has always been like this tho). i think as you get older you dont actually care what people think and your more likely to stick by your beliefs why would you change them its got you this far...
Anne Widdecombe is everything good about old fashioned morals. Why should she talk about her sexuality, that’s a totally private matter. The fact that people see that as strange is their problem.
I saw Her in an Heated Exchange with Terry Christian on the Wright Stuff!, I was Concerned because I thought if this gets Physical I Fear for Terry's Safety!.
No idea but she was in favour of the government's act to ban hunting with dogs and was only one out of about five Tories who did so. That makes her a cut above the rest of them in my opinion.
She's a wanker, here's why, and it's very easy, she think she's right, and what's right for her is right for everyone, she doesn't like people being impertinent, but is fine being impertinent to others, in short, she's a selfish little cunt, and frankly if she'd let the gays and trans people get on with their own lives without bring her imaginary friend into it, I'd like her allot better.
That's what I would have asked her - she has cats and teddy bear plates, and swords on the wall in the same room. That juxtaposition is a lot more interesting than the tack question about her sexual history.
Redstripe921 where i come from we have a separate room for it, but every flat i have been in the uk or germany it had the washing machine in the kitchen
Louis Theroux is disgusting. He suggests that she has said that she is a virgin (fully aware that she has said no such thing) in order to get her to rise to the bait and deny it. Also, she says she agreed to the documentary on condition that it would not be discussed. Theroux raises it, and they don't cut it from the documentary. It was a nasty and unnecessary question as everybody knows the answer. It really is not appropriate to ask questions like that to a woman of Widdecombe's generation and upbringing.
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Louis just walking round her house slaggin everything off 😂😂
Lol typical Louis, love the part about the Pope looking dubious 😀
I really like his earlier work, it has a bit more tongue-in-cheek personality than his later work
I'm amazed he's talking to such an idiot.
🤣🤣
Left or right if you look after your mum like this you are a legend.
She’s a lesbian closet case
Let be 100% honest. It’s not any of our business if she is a virgin or not. It’s very personal. I can’t blame her for not answering.
I hate her, and I agree.
I would love it if Louis takes her virginity.
Matt Hill she is
Lol
How rude are journalists!!!!!
Teddy bears, cats, three swords on the wall and an old lady sedated upstairs - British eccentricity.
You forgot the china.
Louis is bullish towards her. Shes been good enough to invite him into her home and now hes belittling her just because she likes china plates and has chosen to look after her own mother in her old age. It takes all sorts to make a world and Ann is lovely. And she has a very full interesting life and does not need a man to measure her worth against !
I think this was just a younger Louis Theroux interview style. He pushes and acts cheeky towards the interviewee to try and get more out of the exchange and hopefully build up a rapport in the long term.
Luckily Ann can give as good as she gets - I thought Louis was bullish too, but Ann handled it well and wouldn’t give in.
Anne Widdecombe seems like a perfectly decent woman. By the looks of it she looks after her own mother, which in my opinion is admirable and no easy task.
Bet you feel silly now.
@@MyNameIsSeamus why?
@@MyNameIsSeamus anne is a beautiful soul
I love that cat poem, it just encapsulates her personality.
louis theroux is one of few journalists who have developed in themselves to produce fasinating documentories. His lastest ones are brilliant, he has the ability to be almost inpartical yet be bias and not offend the person, he also presents the arguement insuch a way that the audience questions itself, not being told to think this and that! Go louis!
Ann is a diamond
My word, that Louis really goes out of his way to be impolite...
I'm a mega fan of the Widdy Web. I love her cats
I like ann widdecombe she stands up for what she believes is right, and also doesn't care what anybody thinks of her!!! widdy rules ;)
I agree with absolutely none of Ann's politics or beliefs but still can't help but like her. She has a unapologetic attitude to who she is that's sadly lacking in most people.
Louis did have a moderate case of "foot-in-mouth" disease here (though it could have been a lot worse, it wasn't like he said something disgusting to her). However, this and a few other moments aside, it was actually quite an endearing documentary with the two of them spending time together. And Louis has obviously matured a hell of a lot since then and thus has redeemed himself. In fact, he said in a recent interview that some of his regrets were the times in his documentaries where he was a bit inconsiderate of other people's feelings (unintentionally or not). Also he has said in a few other interviews that he wasn't totally happy while making some of the later "When Louis met" films. I think he broke up with his long-time girlfriend (whom he was married to for visa reasons) during that time. And he was kind of in a rut professionally where he was going for easy ratings rather than making programmes about subjects that he actually had a strong interest in. Thankfully he turned that around and made his brothel, Michael Jackson and Nazi documentaries the following year.
I think the "When Louis met" films were stepping stones between Weird Weekends and the kind of programmes he makes today. He had to make those films in order to learn and mature in both his professional and personal life.
Interesting. I do like Louis, and really enjoy watching his documentaries, but even I found this one in poor taste. I know he doesn't take himself seriously (at least in his earlier works) but he was really quite rude in this one.
Laura Bailey I didn't think he was overly rude, just kind of careless with his questions/comments at times. There were one or two moments where Louis was trying to make conversation with her and she kind of bit his head off (like the bit before her interview with David Frost). But they also had some banter as well which was pretty light-hearted.
Francesca Baines each to their own. Like I said, I like Louis, but yes, I thought he was rude, especially in the hairdressers scene and asking about her sexual relations or the lack of it should I say.
The problem is that it's the mindset of a documentarian or journalist to probe and pry to get the answer. It's something that is preached to you while in school. (I have a degree in Journalism, not a journalist, but took many courses.) It's seen as the end all be all, to stay focused and in control of the interview. While I think it is a good technique, it can definitely come across as callous and rude. The opposite is worse though. Being nice and letting non answers go creates terrible non informative interviews. The thing they never teach you is how to find that balance of prying while being personable. This problem is tougher when you are on screen and have to be conscience that everyone is judging you. I think Louis does a great job, but like you said he had a tendency to get inconsiderate, but I believe that is rooted in him trying to find the truth, he's not attempting to just create a headline or sound bite. I feel as though his motivation has always been fairly pure.
Tommy Salami I also think that Louis does a great job of asking the tough questions while still being personable. Like everyone, he has made one or two mistakes but overall he’s very nice and respectful to his contributors. All he wants is to know the truth and hopefully change people’s perceptions (which he has done multiple times). And I agree that accepting non-answers from interviewees is worse. If you do that, then the interview would be a waste of time.
Louis is unashamedly impertinent.....but you gotta love him!!. My fave investigative journalist😊😊😊😊
Louis let himself down here, she was far more intelligent than him, and she showed him up for asking questions that were previously agreed not to be asked as a condition of doing the interview.
Agreed. One of the few times I've seen Louis slip.
@D M Absolutely man! It's cool to see how his experienced shaped him into being a better interviewer.
She's sort of likeable in an old-fashioned school teacher kind of way and she's not completely without a sense of humour. I mean I can understand her behaviour and Louis is just plain nosy at times. I'm not really thinking about her politics but she seems like she has some integrity.
She sounds like she's never been laid. You can tell she's Brexit party
I think Anne Widdecombe is loathsome. However, I never understood why Louis pushed the whole virgin/marriage agenda on her so much. Was it an attempt at shaming her? because she's done enough of that herself. It's an incredible invasion of privacy to some people... He must have known that.
I am really glad that the loathsome witch has never spawned.
Because she made such a bold statement. So he was pushing her to confirm that. Isn't it quite normal when someone went off their way to make such a statement then people around you would kinda.use that against you
@@upcom1ng116 exactly
It's because she's a conservative. This whole thing was about punishing a conservative.
This is what liberals typically have always done with conservatives in the UK. It is, as Ann quite rightly says, impertinent.
But that's the style of attack.
LOL Louis Theroux is one of my favourite TV personalities.
when she talks, its like Terry Jones from Monty Python doing an impression of a old british woman.
Yes, all the Pythons were good actors.
this made me actually really like Anne
ha ha "Any other furry little objects ?"..really Louie, very amusing you.
Anne Widdecombe rocks. Anne for Prime Minister!
Lmao invites him into her home and shortly after all he want to know is if she really is a virgin 😂
LOVE ANN
She is committed to her job and conviction and I respect her for that😍😍
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Louis goes to his nans house.
Bless her.
she was a looker in her day
I generally very much like Louis. He's really a knob in this interview, though.
This was a very interesting documentary - would be great if they did it again
ha I love Louis he's so good at having his way with people
what is it about what I said 10 years ago which you've just read which offends you?
He seems a bit rude in this one!
I think it's because he can be a bit more brash around other other Brits as we have that stiff upper lip wheras someone from the US may just see him being completely condescending not understanding those social cues.
used to laugh at Anne Widdlcobe......but I wish she was in Goverment now.....talks a lot of sense
God this was so awkward to watch.
it is quite contrast - teddy bear plates and swords all in one room!
What a great exchange. I loled at the end.
Love Anne Widdy,she's so straight.
"Any other furry objects?' 😂 dead.
It's horrible the way he's picking on her like that.
Ah, the Wicked Witch of the West. Louis does a very nice observation of his surroundings here xD .
Why is the thumbnail so blurry 😂
Every time I watch this vid, I get a 17 second advert for 'Angels & Demons' with Tom Hanks.
Wow, that seems completely out of place. That film is from about ten years ago!
Love Ann xx💑💑
First time I haven’t loved how Louis talked to someone. I bet he wouldn’t take this angle now in 2020
It's because she's a conservative. This whole thing was about punishing a conservative.
This is what liberals typically have always done with conservatives in the UK. It is, as Ann quite rightly says, impertinent.
But that's the style of attack.
My man was obsessed with upstairs
After meeting Louis Theroux our forthright Ann had a wonderful makeover and she looks great. I think this program was a turning point Ivor Ann's future
Wow he’s so disrespectful. She handled every one of his rude questions with grace and poise. She’s a hero in my book.👏👏👏
You're right, and she was right: There's no way to be sure if she even wants to be in a sexual relationship with a man or not, and that's none of anyone's business anyway.
It's nobody's business what she does or does not do sexually or non-sexually, in the privacy of her own home. This guy is very low-class for even asking those questions, and she very expertly and politely shut him down.
She is 10,000 times more classy than him.
Louis seems to be very rude towards Anne Widdecombe, and although I personally disagree with most of the stuff she says and believes, I think it's childish and unprofessional to be blatantly rude towards her.
Any other furry objects? Brilliant 😂
Why does the BBC only have a 144p version available? Surely there's a higher definition version in their archive they could stick on here?
Well I like Ann personally.
If he'd have done this today, it would have been a lot different...he's said that he's no way near as cheeky/forthright/pushy
british people are so polite
She should have been PM. Me and my brother loved her.
I love louis even more now knowing that he took the same opportunity I would to be rude to Ann Widdecombe ;)
Are those swords hanging on the wall? Never heared of the woman but she must be something special.
i luv british chit chat
louis is awesome, he finds the weirdest people and pokes them with a stick
I thought Anne came across rather well. Down to earth , and quite fun. It's just annoying when they agree to be filmed, but then ban places. At least she let Louis film her in the hairdressers though, unlike Debbie Mcgee
@SuGaRuSh14 I dont think he was asking those questions to be cruel, those things are just some of what she is famous for, Louis was just trying the opinion straight from the source.
Did you not understand what he said and how sick he is, He knew exactly what he was saying, disgraceful. guess you not really listening.
I never seen this guy before, but if this is how low ball he is I never want to see him again.
She kinda looks like Trollface without the grinning.
It didn't work for Louis did it! I'm a great admirer of Louis when interviewing weird people trying to pass themselves off as normal, but the trouble for Louis here is that Anne Widdecombe is a perfectly upright and normal individual who suffers from an unfortunate manner - in that she's a public figure who dares to say what she thinks
Who is this lady?
Louis is so funny :p
@JoeStunner i agree you know what i think it is? older people ( i know ann has always been like this tho). i think as you get older you dont actually care what people think and your more likely to stick by your beliefs why would you change them its got you this far...
@izzih1234 Did she come to visit your school or something? Did you do it behind the bike sheds?
... she's got swords on the wall.
You spelt Ann wrong, BBC
Cheeky Louis
3:11 lmao at this
Anne Widdecombe is everything good about old fashioned morals. Why should she talk about her sexuality, that’s a totally private matter. The fact that people see that as strange is their problem.
Louis you try to catch her out ! And he fails1🤪
So the BBC advertises now?
Sunday School flashback
She is actually the real life Professor Umbridge.
My word, the media's portrayal of actual conservatives is grossly unjust if this is the conclusion people come to.
I saw Her in an Heated Exchange with Terry Christian on the Wright Stuff!, I was Concerned because I thought if this gets Physical I Fear for Terry's Safety!.
No idea but she was in favour of the government's act to ban hunting with dogs and was only one out of about five Tories who did so. That makes her a cut above the rest of them in my opinion.
Go Anne!
Some of her fellow MPs nicknamed her Doris Karloff.
I love Anne Widdecombe. If you look through all the bravado, she is good at heart.
She's a wanker, here's why, and it's very easy, she think she's right, and what's right for her is right for everyone, she doesn't like people being impertinent, but is fine being impertinent to others, in short, she's a selfish little cunt, and frankly if she'd let the gays and trans people get on with their own lives without bring her imaginary friend into it, I'd like her allot better.
Who is this woman?
Well done Anne for standing up for yr beliefs, i don't agree with yr politics, but to keep Louis in his place when he is probing away is no mean feat!
''Thick hair'' Lol, what a player. That's prolly the only thing he could compliment her for.
anne widecombe is a character,one of the more likable politicions,shes herself no false shit from her
They’d have trials for this sort of witch. She is properly black magic.
She reminds me of Dolores Umbridge. :D
Loved her on Celebrity Big Brother U.K. ahhh a year ago. She aged a lot though. Strong will against the evil granny that year.
A SWORD ABOVE A DOORWAY ? MMKK ..
What about those swords on the wall
That's what I would have asked her - she has cats and teddy bear plates, and swords on the wall in the same room. That juxtaposition is a lot more interesting than the tack question about her sexual history.
This must be the feminist version of Psycho
What the hell they got the washing machine in the kitchen ?!
That’s quite common in Europe
@@noshit31 Never seen it in Sweden xD We have them in the washingroom or in the bathroom !
Redstripe921 where i come from we have a separate room for it, but every flat i have been in the uk or germany it had the washing machine in the kitchen
Louis Theroux is disgusting. He suggests that she has said that she is a virgin (fully aware that she has said no such thing) in order to get her to rise to the bait and deny it. Also, she says she agreed to the documentary on condition that it would not be discussed. Theroux raises it, and they don't cut it from the documentary. It was a nasty and unnecessary question as everybody knows the answer. It really is not appropriate to ask questions like that to a woman of Widdecombe's generation and upbringing.
I don’t see the problem with Ann I think she’s pretty interesting
Doris Karloff. What an apt nickname.
@moralreef the qualities you just mentioned are exactly what make her suited for politics!
Anne's got a craking pair !
This is worst I've seen of Louis, he was a disgrace here
HAHAHA!...Nice one!