Being Stanley Baxter

Being Stanley Baxter — Plot

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.

• Release date
• December 31, 2025
• Runtime
• 60 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Laura Blount

Being Stanley Baxter — Cast

Stanley Baxter Self (archive) Elaine C. Smith Self Michael Grade Self Rory Bremner Self Mark Gatiss Self Alan Cumming Self

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John Kaye Cooper Self Alex Norton Self