Mad Cows
They don't take no bull
4.4(11) 1999-10-29 90 minComedy
When her TV star husband Alex decides to divorce her so that he can start a career in politics, newly single mother Maddy goes shoplifting and ends up in jail. Losing custody of her infant child, Maddy hatches a scheme to break out of prison with the assistance of her friend Gillian, who's avoiding the law herself for credit card fraud. Now Maddy has to find the couple who have adopted her son and avoid falling in love with selfish Alex all over again.
WriterSara Sugarman
DirectorSara Sugarman
WriterSasha Hails
ProducerLiz Burton
ProducerFrank Mannion
ProducerAaron Simpson
Original Music ComposerMark Thomas
Cast & characters
Anna Friel
as Maddy
Joanna Lumley
as Gillian
Anna Massey
as Dwina Phelps
Phyllida Law
as Lady Drake (Alex's Mother)
Greg Wise
as Alex
Elizabeth Berrington
as Pru
Omid Djalili
as George
John Standing
as Politician
Nicholas Woodeson
as Detective Slynne
Judy Cornwell
as Maddy’s Mother
Prunella Scales
as Dr. Minny Stinkler
Neil Stuke
as Desk Sergeant
Eddie Marsan
as Constable
Hermione Norris
as Petronella
David Ryall
as Man outside Harrods
Jodie Kidd
as Tracey
Susie Bick
as Sputnick
Sophie Dahl
as Prisoner
Shannah Laumeister Stern
as Group Leader
Sophie Okonedo
as Rosie
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
as Celebrity
Howard Jones
as D.J.
John Wood
as Alistair
Noel Gallagher
as —
