Being Stanley Baxter (2025)
Documentary
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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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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
Suzy Eddie Izzard
Self
Bill Paterson
Self
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Alice Dale
Self (Sister)
David Holt
Self
Lillian Alexander
Self
Amanda Barrie
Self
John Reid
Self