Funny Cow

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Funny Cow

"When life knocks you down... stand up."

2018

1h 43m

6.3(33 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

38 members

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Maxine Peake

Funny Cow

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Stephen Graham

Mike/Funny Calf's Dad

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Christine Bottomley

Funny Calf's Mum

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Paddy Considine

Angus

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Tony Pitts

Bob

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Alun Armstrong

Lenny

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Lindsey Coulson

Funny Cow's Mum

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Kevin Eldon

Danny

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Hannah Walters

Jean

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Diane Morgan

Margaret

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Macy Shackleton

Funny Calf

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Hebe Beardsall

Funny Calf (Aged 20s)

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Tom Gibbons

Bob (Aged 20s)

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Ashton Steele

Young Mike

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Vic Reeves

Ventriloquist

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John Bishop

Colin Pine

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Graham Hughes

Jacques LeCock

Sound

Richard Hawley

Cream aka Rodney Chittingdon

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Corinne Bailey Rae

Coffee

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Bobby Knutt

Crookes Club Concert Secretary

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Kevin Rowland

Jeff

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Dominic Brunt

Landlord

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Duggie Brown

Old Man

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Robert Curtis

Dial House Concert Secretary

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Steven E Harris

Dial House Heckler

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Kate Russell-Smith

Geraldine

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Jayne Bickerton

Mad Woman

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Steve Money

Fat K.

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Kay Boggett

Janet

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Production

Jake Holdsworth

Soft Mick

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Danny Hawley

Young Kev

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Alfie Graham

Liam

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Grace Graham

Debs

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Lissi Brook

Girl

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Lily Jones Adkin

Big Girl

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Calvin Cawood

Big Boy

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Bilko

Himself

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Grant Crookes

Cinema Goer (uncredited)

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