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Stanley Baxter

Stanley Baxter stands at a bus stop, dressed as a panto dame in a blue dress and large hat. He is sticking his leg out into the road comically, as a large red bus with a Strathclyde Transport sign drives by. Two other cast members stand behind him, laughing.

'It's Scotland's Shakespeare' - why the nation loves panto

A new exhibition shows Scotland's long-running love affair with panto, from patter to pratfalls.

Stanley Baxter dressed as a nun in a black and white photo

Stanley Baxter: Scottish comedian with a gift for sketches, mimicry and song

The actor and impressionist, known for comic parodies and his love of dressing up, was one of the biggest stars of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Ncuti Gatwa, Glenda Jackson and Outlander are among the winners at the Bafta Scotland awards.

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