BBC Two last night. They play the Cumbria-born comedian and his larger-than-life American partner in the latter stages of their career.
During this period their fame had started to dwindle, and they eventually severed ties with Hollywood. But Jon S Baird's 2018 film about their lives captures them at the height of their pre-war popularity.
It shows how the pair then left the US and went on a tour of Britain's music halls, a circuit on which Stan had started his career.
Despite leaving audiences in stitches with his and Oliver Hardy's routines, Stan's private life was less joyous. According to author John Connolly, the comedian "regretted" splitting up with his wife as his love life got "complicated".
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