Being Stanley Baxter

Being Stanley Baxter 2025 Released

Directed by Laura Blount

Documentary · 60 min

 

Being Stanley Baxter 2025 Released

Directed by Laura Blount

Documentary · 60 min

 

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.

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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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
Dec 31, 2025
COUNTRY
GB
LANGUAGE
EN
SPOKEN
English
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