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The Stanley Baxter Show is a British comedy television show which was originally broadcast on the BBC. The original series aired in 1963, with three more between 1967 and 1971. The show used a variety format featuring a mixture of sketches and musical performances.
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- 18 May 1963 –, 19 February 1971
The Stanley Baxter Series is a British comedy television show which was originally broadcast on the ITV in 1981. It was Baxter's first weekly sketch show for nine years since the first series of his The Stanley Baxter Picture Show, as he had concentrated on producing one-off specials since then.
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The Stanley Baxter Show: With Stanley Baxter, BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra, Victor Carin, Denise Coffey.
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The son of an insurance manager, Baxter was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He was educated at Hillhead High School, Glasgow, and schooled for the stage by his mother. He began his career as a child actor in the Scottish edition of the BBC's Children's Hour. Following employment in mining as a Bevin Boy in World War II, he developed his performing skill...
During the 1960s, Baxter had his own show on BBC Radio Scotland. In 1994 he returned to radio, taking the role of Noël Coward in the BBC World Service Play of the Week, Marvellous Party directed by Neil Cargill. Written by Jon Wynne-Tyson, it also starred Dorothy Tutin as Coward's lifelong friend, Esme Wynne-Tyson (Jon's mother). Also with Cargill,...
Baxter was known for his impressions of famous people, particularly The Queen (referred to in the context of the shows as 'the Duchess of Brendagh'). The Stanley Baxter Show ran between 1963 and 1971 on BBC One, and The Stanley Baxter Picture Show from 1972 to 1975 on ITV; the six-part Stanley Baxter Series was made by LWTin 1981. Eight one-hour TV...
Baxter appeared in a number of films, including Geordie (1955), Very Important Person (1961), The Fast Lady (1962), Crooks Anonymous (1962) and Father Came Too! (1963), the last four alongside James Robertson Justice, together with the animation The Thief and the Cobbler(1995).
Baxter has written a number of books based on the language of Glasgow, as developed in his Parliamo Glasgowsketch, and on the humour of the city; 1. Bedside Book of Glasgow Humour ISBN 978-0094672703, may be same as ISBN 978-1841582467 2. Parliamo Glasgow Omnibus ISBN 978-1841587745 and ISBN 978-1874744009 3. Let's Parliamo Glasgow Again – Merrorap...
Baxter was brought up in the West End of Glasgow, in a tenement. He lived there from the age of five until he married actress Moira Robertson at 26 years of age. He later lived in Highgate, North London. He was married for 46 years until his wife's death in 1997 of an overdosewhile he was overseas. In August 2014, Baxter was one of 200 public figur...
BAFTA Award for Light Entertainment Performance (1975) for the Stanley Baxter Moving Picture ShowBAFTA Scotland Award for Outstanding Contribution (2020)Lifetime Achievement Award (British Comedy Awards) (1997)All six of Baxter's hour-long ITV specials were released on a two-disc DVD set in 2005 as The Stanley Baxter Collection with a further two-disc DVD set being released in 2006 under the title The Stanley Baxter Series & Picture Show featuring both of his series of half-hour shows for ITV. In 2008 a five-disc DVD box set was released titled The Stanl...
Stanley Baxter TV series
1. The Stanley Baxter Show(BBC, 22 x 30-minutes, 1963–71) 2. Baxter On...(BBC, 1964) 3. Time For Baxter(BBC Scotland, 1972) 4. The Stanley Baxter Picture Show(LWT – four x 30-minutes, 1972) 5. The Stanley Baxter Series(LWT – six x 30-minutes, 1981)
Stanley Baxter TV specials
1. The Stanley Baxter Big Picture Show(LWT – 21 December 1973) 2. The Stanley Baxter Scots Picture Show(STV – 1 January 1974) 3. The Stanley Baxter Moving Picture Show(LWT – 7 September 1974) 4. The Best of Baxter(LWT – 14 December 1974) 5. The Stanley Baxter Show Part III(LWT – 19 September 1975) 6. Stanley Baxter’s Christmas Box(LWT – 26 December 1976) 7. Stanley Baxter's Greatest Hits(LWT – 26 December 1977) 8. Stanley Baxter on Television(LWT – 1 April 1979) 9. The Stanley Baxter Hour(LWT...
Other TV appearances
1. Shop Window(BBC, 1952) 2. This is Scotland(STV, 1957) 3. On The Bright Side(BBC, 1960) 4. Comedy Playhouse: "Lunch in the Park" (BBC, 1961) 5. Espionage(BBC, 1963 Guest Appearance) 6. Wednesday Play: "The Confidence Course" (BBC, 1965) 7. Christmas Night with the Stars(BBC, 1970, Guest Appearance) 8. The Goodies(BBC, 1971 Guest Appearance) 9. A Grand Tour(STV, 1974) 10. Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas(CBS/ITC Entertainment, 1977 Guest Appearances as multiple characters) 11. Mr Majeika(...
A new comedy show starring Stanley Baxter with guests Danny Street, Victor Carin, Clare Richards, Doris McLatchie
3 giorni fa · A traditional sketch show for Stanley Baxter, concentrating on his powers of mimicry. Episode 3. Popular Scottish comedian and impressionist Stanley Baxter, performing sketches and songs....
The Stanley Baxter Show was a BBC Scotland Light Entertainment Television show starring the Scottish comedian Stanley Baxter, which was broadcast on the BBC-tv network across three series from 3 September 1967 to 19 February 1971, with some editions made exclusively for showing on BBC Scotland.
