James Walton

Danny Dyer’s new C4 programme is deeply odd

Plus: Mammoth is a sitcom that’s off to an unusually accomplished start

One of the many random scenes featured in Channel 4's Danny Dyer: How to be a Man 
issue 20 April 2024

Who do you think said the following on TV this week: ‘I love being around gay men – seeing a group of men expressing themselves the way they do is beautiful’? The answer, perhaps unexpectedly, is Danny Dyer, whose admittedly convincing schtick as the world’s most Cockney bloke was applied to the question of contemporary masculinity in a new programme for Channel 4.

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