Being Stanley Baxter
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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Stanley Baxter
Self (archive)

Elaine C. Smith
Self

Michael Grade
Self

Rory Bremner
Self

Mark Gatiss
Self

Alan Cumming
Self

Alex Norton
Self

Suzy Eddie Izzard
Self

Bill Paterson
Self

David Holt
Self

Lillian Alexander
Self

Amanda Barrie
Self
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