Information
Release DateDecember 31, 2025
Runtime1h
StatusReleased
ProductionIWC Media, BBC Scotland
LanguagesEnglish
N/A
Popularity1
Being Stanley Baxter
Synopsis
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.
Cast & Crew
Director
Laura Blount
Featured Cast
Stanley Baxter
Self (archive)
Elaine C. Smith
Self
Michael Grade
Self
Rory Bremner
Self
Mark Gatiss
Self