Despite moments of real insight and empathy, this loveable geezer was never going to solve the trials of manhood over two nights on Channel 4
But he is also, at 45, a husband, father and grandparent navigating a world where the masculinity with which he grew up is often frowned upon. Or so we were told at the start ofin which the presenter traversed the nation on a quest to discover the truth about being a bloke in the 21st century.
For all his open-mindedness, there were moments, in last night’s second instalment especially, when Dyer seemed to be talking off the top of his head – trying to pass off unadorned gibberish as pearls of wisdom. “Since thething came in, it is confusing some men,” he declared at one point. “Sex is fundamental to men and women.”
The actor had grown up in challenging circumstances, his father having left the family when Dyer was nine. Blinking away tears, Dyer recalled his dad telling him that his son – still a boy – was too old to hold his hand. “That killed me,” he said. “I’ve not carried that on with my own children.”
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