How Darcy's dip led to Barry's strip

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Colin Firth’s scene in the BBC adaptation of Pride And Prejudice almost 30 years ago created one of television’s most memorable moments

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Although Mr Darcy did not actually flash much flesh, the scene marked the start of appreciating the male physique on TV dramas

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Fast forward three decades and we're bombarded by Barry Keoghan dancing starkers in Saltburn and Theo James waving his prosthetic private part in The White Lotus

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And it's not just streamers such as Netflix and Prime Video which are getting more daring when it comes to blokes doing full-frontal nudity

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Only this week, BBC drama boss Lindsay Salt listed the lengthy sex scene in 2020 drama Normal People as being one of TV’s most memorable moments

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The limits were well and truly pushed, with Paul Mescal flashing far more flesh as Connell than female lead Daisy Edgar-Jones did as Marianne

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These days it's difficult to watch a drama without seeing substantial male nudity, from Rege-Jean Page and Jonathan Bailey in Bridgerton to Leo Woodhall in The White Lotus

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