Stanley Baxter was for decades one of the biggest stars on British television. His huge talent for comic sketches, mimicry and song was awarded with similarly huge budgets by grateful commissioners.

Almost everybody knew Stanley Baxter. And almost everybody knew of his awesome legacy. He was the Queen. He was Deitrich. He was Coward and Hepburn and Cagney. He was Olivier and Welles. He was both ...