Being Stanley Baxter

Being Stanley Baxter (2025)

Documentary

Runtime: 60 minutes

Overview

A portrait of Stanley Baxter, Scotlandโ€™s most dazzling TV star of the 1970s and โ€™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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