Funny Cow

When life knocks you down... stand up.

A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs.

Comedy Drama

Maxine Peake

(Funny Cow)

Stephen Graham

(Mike/Funny Calf's Dad)

Christine Bottomley

(Funny Calf's Mum)

Paddy Considine

(Angus)

Tony Pitts

(Bob)

Alun Armstrong

(Lenny)

Lindsey Coulson

(Funny Cow's Mum)

Kevin Eldon

(Danny)

Hannah Walters

(Jean)

Diane Morgan

(Margaret)

Macy Shackleton

(Funny Calf)

Hebe Beardsall

(Funny Calf (Aged 20s))

Tom Gibbons

(Bob (Aged 20s))

Ashton Steele

(Young Mike)

Vic Reeves

(Ventriloquist)

John Bishop

(Colin Pine)

Graham Hughes

(Jacques LeCock)

Richard Hawley

(Cream aka Rodney Chittingdon)

Corinne Bailey Rae

(Coffee)

Bobby Knutt

(Crookes Club Concert Secretary)

Kevin Rowland

(Jeff)

Dominic Brunt

(Landlord)

Duggie Brown

(Old Man)

Robert Curtis

(Dial House Concert Secretary)

Steven E Harris

(Dial House Heckler)

Kate Russell-Smith

(Geraldine)

Jayne Bickerton

(Mad Woman)

Steve Money

(Fat K.)

Kay Boggett

(Janet)

Jake Holdsworth

(Soft Mick)

Danny Hawley

(Young Kev)

Alfie Graham

(Liam)

Grace Graham

(Debs)

Lissi Brook

(Girl)

Lily Jones Adkin

(Big Girl)

Calvin Cawood

(Big Boy)

Bilko

(Himself)