['< sod > in the series\'\' [ [ when louis met... ] ]\'\' ( 2000 – 02 ), theroux accompanied a different british celebrity in each programme in their daily lives, interviewing them as they go. his episode about british entertainer [ [ jimmy savile ] ],\'\' when louis met jimmy\'\', <! - - mirror ref not about theroux. salted. - - lexein - - > < ref name = " guardianjimmy " > { { cite web | url = http : / / www. theguardian. com / theobserver / 2014 / mar / 23 / louis - theroux - inhabit - intimate - space - jimmy - savile | title = louis theroux :\'you get to inhabit quite an intimate space\'| publisher = the guardian | date = 22 march 2014 | accessdate = 20 march 2015 | author = lewis, tim } } < / ref > was voted one of the top documentaries of all time in a survey by britain\'s [ [ channel 4 ] ]. < ref name = " imdbjimmy " > { { cite web | url = http : / / www. imdb. com / list / ls000124764 / | title = channel 4\'s " 50 greatest documentaries " | publisher = imdb | date = 18 apr 2011 | accessdate = 20 march 2015 } } < / ref > some years after the episode was filmed, [ [ nspcc ] ] described savile as one of the most prolific sex offenders in great britain. < ref name = " bbcsavile " > { { cite web | url = http : / / www. bbc. com / news / entertainment - arts - 31948094 | title = bbc commissions savile documentary | publisher = bbc news | date = 18 march 2015 | accessdate = 20 march 2015 } } < / ref > < eod > < sod > in the series\'\' [ [ when louis met... ] ]\'\' ( 2000 – 02 ), theroux accompanied a different international british celebrity in each programme in their daily lives, interviewing them as they go. his episode about british entertainer [ [ jimmy savile ] ],\'\' when louis met jimmy\'\', <! - - mirror ref not about theroux. salted. - - lexein - - > < ref name = " guardianjimmy " > { { cite web | url = http : / / www. theguardian. com / theobserver / 2014 / mar / 23 / louis - theroux - inhabit - intimate - space - jimmy - savile | title = louis theroux :\'you get to inhabit quite an intimate space\'| publisher = the guardian | date = 22 march 2014 | accessdate = 20 march 2015 | author = lewis, tim } } < / ref > was voted one of the top documentaries of all time in a 2005 survey by britain\'s [ [ channel 4 ] ]. < ref name = " imdbjimmy " > { { cite web | url = http : / / www. imdb. com / list / ls000124764 / | title = channel 4\'s " 50 greatest documentaries " | publisher = imdb | date = 18 apr 2011 | accessdate = 20 march 2015 } } < / ref > some years after the episode was filmed, [ [ nspcc ] ] described savile as one of the most prolific sex offenders in great britain. < ref name = " bbcsavile " > { { cite web | url = http : / / www. bbc. com / news / entertainment - arts - 31948094 | title = bbc commissions savile documentary | publisher = bbc news | date = 18 march 2015 | accessdate = 20 march 2015 } } < / ref > < eod >']