Marcel Theroux

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Marcel Theroux

Born June 13, 1968 · Kampala, Uganda (age 58)

Marcel Theroux is a British-American novelist and broadcaster, and the son of Paul Theroux. He has written several novels, including Far North and Strange Bodies, and presented documentaries on topics such as climate change, Russia, and Japan.

Known For

Banged Up for BlasphemyBanged Up for Blasphemy · 2019
Banged Up for Blasphemy
2019
MovieDocumentary
Marcel Theroux and Masood Khan travel to Pakistan where they meet people - including children - who have fallen foul of the country's strict blasphemy laws, and the lawyers and activists who hunt them down, determined to ensure the death penalty is carried out as a punishment.
Falklands: Island of SecretsFalklands: Island of Secrets · 2022
Falklands: Island of Secrets
★ 6.02022
MovieDocumentary
A journalist who travels to the Falkland Islands to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a soldier in 1980 uncovers a history of historical child abuse on the island, within a secretive and uncooperative community.
The Playboy Bunny MurderThe Playboy Bunny Murder · 2023
The Playboy Bunny Murder
★ 6.52023
SeriesDocumentaryCrime
The Playboy Bunny Murder will see Marcel Theroux investigate a set of disturbing murders of young women that have remained unsolved since the 1970s and reveal a dark and violent side hidden beneath the wealth and glamour of exclusive corners of London’s nightlife at that time. The journalist and filmmaker’s long-standing interest in the brutal murders, which shocked the London he grew up in, led him to return to the killings of Eve Stratford, a Playboy Bunny who aspired to be a famous model, Lynda Farrow, a croupier with years of experience working in nighttime London, and Lynne Weedon, a schoolgirl whose whole life lay ahead of her.
Heist: Robbing the Bank of EnglandHeist: Robbing the Bank of England · 2025
Heist: Robbing the Bank of England
2025
SeriesDocumentaryCrime
Heist: Robbing the Bank of England' documents the 1990 Bank of England bond heist which saw a theft of £ 292 million. Hosted my Marcel Theroux, this series will travel across the globe to tell this incredible true story which spanned several continents over three decades, leaving many unanswered questions…until now.

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