Being Stanley Baxter (2025)
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.
- Date of release
- 2025-12-31
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Laura Blount
Casting
- Stanley Baxter — Self (archive)
- Elaine C. Smith — Self
- Michael Grade — Self
- Rory Bremner — Self
- Mark Gatiss — Self
- Alan Cumming — Self
- John Kaye Cooper — Self
- Alex Norton — Self
- Suzy Eddie Izzard — Self
- Bill Paterson — Self
- Alice Dale — Self (Sister)
- David Holt — Self
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