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The British Broadcasting Corporation ( ___MASK52___ ) is a British public service broadcaster . It is headquartered at Broadcasting House in London , is the world ' s oldest national broadcasting organisation , and is the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees , with over 20 , 950 staff in total , of whom 16 , 672 are in public sector broadcasting ; including part - time , flexible as well as fixed contract staff , the total number is 35 , 402 . Louis Sebastian Theroux (; born 20 May 1970 ) is a British - American documentary filmmaker , and broadcaster . He is best known for his documentary series , including " Louis Theroux ' s Weird Weekends ", " When Louis Met ...", and his ___MASK17___ specials . His career started in journalism and bears influences of notable writers in his family , such as his father Paul Theroux and brother Marcel . He works with the BBC producing his documentaries and television series . He has received two British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Television Society Television Award for his work . Canada ( French : ) is a country in the northern half of North America . Its ___MASK56___ provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest country by total area and the fourth - largest country by land area . Canada ' s border with the United States is the world ' s longest land border . The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . Canada is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About ___MASK98___ - fifths of the country ' s population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border . Its capital is Ottawa , its largest city is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . When Louis Met ... is a series of documentary films made by BAFTA award - winning film - maker Louis Theroux . The series was originally aired on BBC2 from 2000 to 2002 . In the series , Theroux accompanied a different British celebrity in each programme as they went about their day - to - day business , interviewing them about their lives and experiences as he did so . His episode about the DJ charity fund - raiser , ___MASK27___ Savile ( When Louis Met ... ___MASK27___ ) was voted one of the top fifty documentaries of all time in a survey by Britain ' s Channel Four . In another episode ( `` When Louis Met ... The Hamiltons '' ) , the Tory MP Neil Hamilton and his wife Christine were arrested during the course of filming following allegations of indecent assault which were subsequently found to be false . The show did not return for a third series ; Theroux said that he had difficulty in finding people to appear . Jim ' ll Fix It was a long - running British television show , broadcast by the ___MASK52___ between May 1975 and June 1994 . It was devised and presented by ___MASK27___ Savile and produced by Roger Ordish and encouraged children to write in to have their wishes granted . The British Empire comprised the dominions , colonies , protectorates , mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states . It originated with the overseas possessions and trading posts established by England between the late 16th and early 18th centuries . At its height , it was the largest empire in ___MASK20___ and , for over a century , was the foremost global power . By 1913 , the British Empire held sway over 412 million people , % of the world population at the time , and by 1920 , it covered , % of the Earth ' s total land area . As a result , its political , legal , linguistic and cultural legacy is widespread . At the peak of its power , the phrase " the empire on which the sun never sets " was often used to describe the British Empire , because its expanse around the globe meant that the sun was always shining on at least one of its territories . Agrarianism is a social philosophy or political philosophy which values rural society as superior to urban society , the independent farmer as superior to the paid worker , and sees farming as a way of life that can shape the ideal social values . It stresses the superiority of a simpler rural life as opposed to the complexity of ___MASK41___ life . Top of the Pops , also known as TOTP , is a British music chart television programme , made by the ___MASK52___ and originally broadcast weekly between 1 January 1964 and 30 July 2006 . It was traditionally shown every Thursday evening on BBC1 , except for a short period on Fridays in mid - 1973 before being again moved to Fridays in 1996 , and then to Sundays on ___MASK17___ in 2005 . Each weekly programme consisted of performances from some of that week ' s best - selling popular music artists , with a rundown of that week ' s singles chart . Additionally , there was a special edition of the programme on Christmas Day ( and usually , until 1984 , a second such edition a few days after Christmas ), featuring some of the best - selling singles of the year . Sir James Wilson Vincent " ___MASK27___ " Savile , OBE , KCSG ( 31 October 1926  29 October 2011 ) was an English DJ , television and radio personality , dance hall manager , and charity fundraiser . He hosted the BBC television show " Jim ' ll Fix It ", was the first and last presenter of the long - running BBC music chart show " Top of the Pops ", and raised an estimated £ 40 million for charities . At the time of his death he was widely praised for his personal qualities and as a fund - raiser . After his death , hundreds of allegations of sexual abuse were made against him , leading the police to believe that Savile had been a predatory sex offender  possibly one of Britain ' s most prolific . There had been allegations during his lifetime , but they were dismissed and accusers ignored or disbelieved ; Savile took legal action against some accusers . The United Kingdom is a unitary state with devolution governed within the framework of a parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy , in which the monarch , currently Queen Elizabeth II , is the head of state and the ___MASK58___ minister of the United Kingdom , currently Theresa May , is the head of government . Executive power is exercised by the British government , on behalf of and by the consent of the monarch , as well as by the devolved governments of Scotland and Wales , and the Northern Ireland Executive . Legislative power is vested in the two chambers of the Parliament of the United Kingdom , the House of Commons and the House of Lords , as well as in the Scottish parliament and Welsh and Northern Ireland assemblies . The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature . The highest court is the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom . A Tory holds a political philosophy ( Toryism ) based on a British version of traditionalism and conservatism , which upholds the supremacy of social order as it has evolved throughout ___MASK20___ . The Tory ethos has been summed up with the phrase " God , King and Country ". Tories generally advocate monarchism , are usually of a high church Anglican religious heritage , and are opposed to the liberalism of the Whig faction . In Britain , the Tory political faction originated with the Cavaliers during the English Civil War . This political philosophy remains prominent in the politics of the United Kingdom , and also appears in parts of the Commonwealth realms , particularly in Canada . It also had exponents in other parts of the former British Empire , such as the Loyalists of British America who opposed American secession during the American Revolutionary War . Under the Corn Laws ( 1815  1846 ) a majority of Tories supported protectionist agrarianism with tariffs being imposed at the time for higher food prices , self - sufficiency , and enhanced wages in rural employment .