Paul Critoph: From Kinky Boots to The Krankies (In An Era of Nuclear Dread)

Paul Critoph brings his homemade grading system, a Doctor Who credit, and the story of chasing Chiwetel Ejiofor around the set of Kinky Boots — alongside some genuinely unsettling thoughts about 1980s children's animation.Paul Critoph is an actor, photographer and self-appointed cultural commentator known for his encyclopaedic knowledge of television across the decades and a very particular approach to grading what he watches.His Doctor Who role — and the unsavoury character names he's somehow accumulated along the wayThe soothing, almost hypnotic appeal of gentle Japanese television — and why it worksThe surprisingly dark world of 1980s children's animation — cartoons that stirred genuine unease and nuclear dread in equal measureWhy the Krankies represent something specific about a particular era of British variety entertainmentConnect with Paul here:InstagramFind us on social media — links on the About page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.