Starter for 10

Sep 13, 2006

1h 32m

★ 6.4

Overview

In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching University Challenge, a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Scion Films

BBC Film

HBO Films

Neal Street Productions

Playtone

Scamp Film and Theatre Ltd.

Starter for 10 Trailers

Cast

Brian Jackson

James McAvoy

Alice Harbinson

Alice Eve

Rebecca Epstein

Rebecca Hall

Julie Jackson

Catherine Tate

Spencer

Dominic Cooper

Patrick Watts

Benedict Cumberbatch

Tone

James Corden

Bamber Gascoigne

Mark Gatiss

Dr. Morrison

Guy Henry

Des

John Henshaw

Lucy Chang

Elaine Tan

Josh

Simon Woods

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