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{{short description|Television series}}
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{{Infobox television
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| genre = Comedy
| creator =
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| writer = [[Ken Hoare]]
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| starring = [[Stanley Baxter]]
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_series = 4
| num_episodes = 23
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| producer = [[David Bell (television executive)|David Bell]] <br /> [[Roger Race]] <br /> [[James Gilbert (producer)|James Gilbert]]
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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 show|variety]] format featuring a mixture of [[sketch show|sketches]] and musical performances.<ref>Barfe p.109</ref> Baxter had originally made his name in Scottish comedy, before becoming known to a wider audience through his appearances on television programme ''[[On the Bright Side]]'' as well as several films.

The show featured Baxter doing impressions based on a number of famous film and television shows, frequently playing several roles in one scene. It also featured a recurring sketch called "Parliamo Glasgow" in which Baxter parodied the style of a foreign [[Language education|language course]], with the [[Glaswegian]] dialect being explained to viewers.<ref>Barfe p.109-110</ref>

Other performers who appeared on the show included [[Victor Carin]], [[Denise Coffey]], [[Joan Sims]], [[Mary Millar]], [[Hannah Gordon]], [[Patrick Newell]] and [[Roy Kinnear]], [[Peggy Ann Clifford]].

Following the show Baxter moved to [[ITV (network)|ITV]] where he starred in ''[[The Stanley Baxter Picture Show]]'' (1972-1975) which employed a similar format.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* Barfe, Louis. ''Turned Out Nice Again: The Story of British Light Entertainment''. Atlantic Books Ltd, 2013.

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0384771}}

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