Cherry Healey is an English television presenter, best known for her BBC documentaries which look at various aspects of modern life and culture. Louis Theroux has been around the block a lot longer, starring in documentaries about the weird and the wonderful since the late 1990's. I really like both presenters. Cherry is honest, genuine, insightful and brings an attractive personality to her programmes. She is more direct in her documentary approach than Louis, the later skillfully manipulating his subjects to reveal their often bizarre or shocking behaviour and beliefs to the viewer. Both try to remain as non-judgemental as possible, with perhaps Louis often taking a more philosophical or liberal stance. I like Louis' laid back and personable approach. He seems to find ways of winning the confidence of his subjects, often amid very unusual circumstances. Louis' documentaries are more extreme in their subject matter than Cherry's, and he has spent time with and interviewed the likes of porn stars and extreme religious organisations. Cherry deals with issues more mainstream and perhaps relevant to the viewer, but still manages to provide entertainment as well as insight. I don't prefer one presenter over another, I think they bring different qualites and strengths to different types and styles of documentary.
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