

Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club.

Steve Coogan
Tony Wilson

Lennie James
Alan

Paddy Considine
Rob

Shirley Henderson
Lindsay

Andy Serkis
Martin

John Simm
Bernard

Ralf Little
Hooky

Danny Cunningham
Shaun

Sean Harris
Ian

Kate Magowan
Yvette

John Thomson
Charles

Peter Kay
Don Tonay

Nigel Pivaro
Actor at Granada

Martin Hancock
Howard
Mark Windows
Johnny Rotten

Dave Gorman
John the Postman

Paul Popplewell
Paul

Ron Cook
Derek

Raymond Waring
Vini

Mark E. Smith
Punter
Michael Winterbottom
Frank Cottrell Boyce
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