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MICHAEL HOLDEN FINDS TELEVISION'S HIDDEN GEMS Man's Work Tuesday, Bravo, 10pm Time was when a man was defined by the nature of his trade, and after a hard day toiling in the fields or wrestling with some lethal piece of machinery, a chap could relax, secure in the knowledge that his sexuality was spelt out by the sweat of his brow.
These days, things are different. Anyone can be anything, and while the world might be an infinitely better place as a result of so much gender mobility, there is still a part of even the most metrosexual heart that craves the reassurance of an honest day's graft. This at least is the premise behind Man's Work in which Ashley Hames, a selfconfessed workshy fop and all-round waste of space, signs up for the world's most dangerous jobs in an effort to make contact with his inner drudge.See the full content of this document
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Sending a Boy to Do a Man's Job ; Screen Detective
While far from being a fresh concept in broadcasting, the spectacle of slack Hames struggling to acquit himself in so...
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