Speaking of films portraying great comedians — as I was doing here recently and will again shortly — a couple of you like Doug Dinger wrote to ask me about Stan. This was originally a radio play by the British writer Neil Brand, depicting a fictional "last meeting" between Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. It received much acclaim so it was made into a TV special. Nik Howden played the young Stan and Jim Norton played the old Stan. Mike Goodenough played the young Oliver and Trevor Cooper played the dying Oliver.
Thanks to a playlist Doug assembled, I can easily embed the whole thing below if you'd like to watch it but I'm not necessarily recommending that you do. I found it overly maudlin for a story of two very funny men. Its intent was certainly admirable and the performances are quite good but…well, it's all about Stan coming to terms with a number of issues in his life, some involving Hardy, some not. I don't know that Mr. Laurel held all or any of those feelings and Mr. Brand didn't, either. Some of the film history is accurate, some is not but I found it difficult to listen to as a radio play and not much easier as a video. Perhaps you'll have better luck than I did…