Starter for 10

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.

Cast

James McAvoy Brian Jackson

Alice Eve Alice Harbinson

Rebecca Hall Rebecca Epstein

Catherine Tate Julie Jackson

Dominic Cooper Spencer

Benedict Cumberbatch Patrick Watts

James Corden Tone

Mark Gatiss Bamber Gascoigne

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