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Louis Theroux is to tackle the Donald Trump “phenomenon” in a new documentary series.

Journalist Louis , who has probed such gritty subjects as paedophilia and Nazis, is now turning his attention to the “amazing challenge” of exploring the US President.

He said: “It feels like a whole cultural, almost sea change in how the world is part of the post- Brexit wave of populism.

“The story seems to change every day with Trump. There’s something new bubbling under. It’s hard to get your head around such a big subject.”

Describing the task he faces, he added: “The challenge with Trump would be... something so abhorrent that walks on two legs and is a human being, you have to explore where his foibles come from.”

Louis, 46, has a new three-part series, filmed in America, coming up on BBC2. He said: “Hopefully people will like it. It’s good.”

Meanwhile he also hit out at Sky for cancelling their scheduled Michael Jackson episode of Urban Myths following criticism from the late star’s daughter Paris.

Speaking at the VO5 NME awards at Brixton Academy, where he won Best Film for his Scientology movie, he said: “I was very disappointed that Sky caved in. I think they should have shown it.”