Genre: | Comedy |
Director: | David Bell |
Starring: | Stanley Baxter |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Language: | English |
Num Series: | 1 + 3 specials |
Num Episodes: | 7 |
Producer: | David Bell |
Company: | London Weekend Television |
Channel: | ITV |
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.