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.

• Laura BlountDirector

• Stanley BaxterSelf (archive)
• Elaine C. SmithSelf
• Michael GradeSelf
• Rory BremnerSelf
• Mark GatissSelf
• Alan CummingSelf
• John Kaye CooperSelf
• Alex NortonSelf
• Eddie IzzardSelf
• Bill PatersonSelf
• Alice DaleSelf (Sister)
• David HoltSelf