大象传媒

In this episode, boys from all over the UK talk to Catherine Carr about friendship. Some talk about the difficulty they have in expressing emotions to friends and their fear of being vulnerable. Others reflect on the importance of honest relationships in maintaining good mental health. Boys talk about not fitting the stereotypical masculine moulds and how that can cause difficulties in making friends with other boys. Catherine also speaks to experts who have studied boys and friendship for the last forty years and finally learns about some of the ways that male friendship groups can form hierarchies.

Thanks to

Carlton Keighley school, Yorkshire
Dance United Yorkshire
DRMZ Carmarthen Youth Project
@panchbantz on Instagram
Niobe Way Author Deep Secrets: Boys Friendships and the Crisis of Connection
Ben Hine, British Psychological Society

Producer: Catherine Carr
Researcher: Jill Achineku
Executive Producer: Marie Helly

A Whistledown production for 大象传媒 Radio 4