''The Stanley Baxter Picture Show'' is a British
comedy
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television show
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which was originally broadcast on
ITV
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ITV
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. It featured an initial series of four episodes in 1972, followed by one-off specials in each of the successive years. A
sketch show
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it largely followed the same format of Baxter's successful
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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 ''
* Barfe, Louis. ''Turned Out Nice Again: The Story of British Light Entertainment''. Atlantic Books Ltd, 2013.