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.
                                    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
                                    Hebe Beardsall
Funny Calf (Aged 20s)
                                    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
                                    Kate Russell-Smith
Geraldine
                                    Steve Money
Fat K.
                                    Grant Crookes
Cinema Goer (uncredited)