Movie

Being Stanley Baxter (2025)

• December 31, 2025
• 1h 0m

• Documentary

Overview

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.

Director

Laura Blount

Starring

Stanley Baxter, Elaine C. Smith, Michael Grade