She does a lot of this in Funny Cow, producing and starring as a fictional comedian in that least welcoming of environments: the 1970s Yorkshire stand-up circuit. There are the boorish chauvinists ...

The character of Funny Cow is not based on a real-life comedienne ... Maxine famously worked with Bury’s late, great comedy icon Victoria Wood early on in her career on Dinnerladies, and ...

After a conversation on the set of ‘Red Riding’, Tony Pitts (Emmerdale, Peaky Blinders, Line of Duty) wrote ‘Funny Cow’ specifically for Maxine Peak, and it’s not difficult to see why.

There’s a scene towards the end of the darkly funny and quietly brilliant Funny Cow where Maxine Peake’s stand-up comic, known to us only by her titular stage name, is walking on a beach with ...

So it proves with Maxine Peake, who in the middle of a formidable career on stage and British TV takes ownership of the big screen in the brilliantly caustic Funny Cow. The title is the only name ...

But what really distinguishes it is Maxine Peake, excellent as the irrepressible Funny Cow of the title. It’s her sense of mischief and fun that fuels her desire to overcome her bleak ...