Movie

Being Stanley Baxter

2025 1h 0m Released

Documentary

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

Stanley Baxter Self (archive) Elaine C. Smith Self Michael Grade Self Rory Bremner Self Mark Gatiss Self Alan Cumming Self