Louis Theroux’s Altered States
BBC2, Sunday 4 November, 9pm
King Louis is back with another thought-provoking documentary series, which manages to simultaneously shock, surprise, educate and entertain. In tonight’s episode entitled “Love Without Limits”, Louis heads to Portland, Oregon, the US capital of “ethical non-monogamy”, to meet families who – to varying degrees of success – are enjoying polyamorous relationships. Initially sceptical of the arrangements, he skilfully probes them about their set up and whether they all feel “compersion”: the feeling of joy when experiencing someone else’s. Then, in true Louis style, he gamely takes part in a sensual eating night, which mainly involves him awkwardly being fed cheese while blindfolded, and having his chest rubbed. HHHHH Kay Ribeiro