Synopsis
Following up on his 2007 documentary, The Most Hated Family in America, Louis Theroux returns to Topeka, Kansas, for a week-long visit with the Westboro Baptist Church.
- Programme: Louis Theroux
- Episode: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Religious Education
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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