Feeling topical despite its 1970’s setting, ‘Funny Cow’ finds Maxine Peake as a female comic trying to crack the male-heavy world of comedy in the North.
Maxine Peake
Empire Magazine
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Feeling topical despite its 1970’s setting, ‘Funny Cow’ finds Maxine Peake as a female comic trying to crack the male-heavy world of comedy in the North.