Name: Being Stanley Baxter
Genre: documentary
Released: 2025
Duration: 60
Cast: Stanley Baxter, Elaine C. Smith, Michael Grade, Rory Bremner, Mark Gatiss

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.

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Laura Blount
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Stanley Baxter
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Elaine C. Smith
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Michael Grade
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Rory Bremner
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Mark Gatiss
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Alan Cumming
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John Kaye Cooper
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Alex Norton
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Suzy Eddie Izzard
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Bill Paterson
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Alice Dale
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David Holt
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Lillian Alexander
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Amanda Barrie
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John Reid

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