Amanda Vickery visits Pembroke Castle with historian Tom Asbridge. The man who built the castle was seen as the perfect knight, an example men tried to emulate for centuries. Show more

Amanda Vickery explores the Gentleman, an ideal of refinement and culture which has its roots in Renaissance Italy. Show more

From the defeat of the Armada to the Battle of Trafalgar, the sailor was the virile poster boy of British manhood. Amanda Vickery investigates. Show more

Historian John Tosh puts Captain Scott in a long tradition of earlier role models for men, and explores men's desire to escape the home and domestic responsibility. Show more

Amanda Vickery explores the history of masculinity. Peter Hennessy talks about how, as a grammar school boy, he learned to imitate more powerful and privileged men. Show more

Amanda Vickery explores the 18th-century lover - from irresistible seducer to lusty husband. Show more