Being Stanley Baxter

Being Stanley Baxter (2025)

Documentary

A portrait of Stanley Baxter, Scotland’s most dazzling TV star of the 1970s and ’80s, whose groundbreaking sketches and lavish specials made him a household name. Behind the fame, Baxter lived a hidden double life as a gay man in a hostile era, balancing public brilliance with private secrecy. Made shortly before his death, the film draws on personal archives and recordings to reveal the man behind the legend.

Director: Laura Blount

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	Stanley Baxter as Self (archive)
	Elaine C. Smith as Self
	Michael Grade as Self
	Rory Bremner as Self
	Mark Gatiss as Self
	Alan Cumming as Self
	John Kaye Cooper as Self
	Alex Norton as Self
	Eddie Izzard as Self
	Bill Paterson as Self
	Alice Dale as Self (Sister)
	David Holt as Self
	Lillian Alexander as Self
	Amanda Barrie as Self
	John Reid as Self

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