The Stanley Baxter Picture Show

The Stanley Baxter Picture Show
Genre	Comedy
Written by	Ken Hoare Eric Merriman Stanley Baxter
Directed by	David Bell
Starring	Stanley Baxter
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1 + 3 specials
No. of episodes	7
Production
Producer	David Bell
Production company	London Weekend Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	2 October 1972 (1972-10-02) – 19 September 1975 (1975-09-19)

The Stanley Baxter Picture Show is a British comedy television show which was originally broadcast on ITV. It featured an initial series of four episodes in 1972, followed by one-off specials in each of the successive years. A sketch show it largely followed the same format of Baxter's successful BBC series The Stanley Baxter Show.[1]

The show has a focus on parodying popular films and television series, with Baxter sometimes playing several roles in a single show. Amongst other hit ITV shows that Baxter did impressions of were The Benny Hill Show and Upstairs, Downstairs.

References

1. Barfe p.267-268

Bibliography

• Barfe, Louis. Turned Out Nice Again: The Story of British Light Entertainment. Atlantic Books Ltd, 2013.

External links

• The Stanley Baxter Picture Show at IMDb