Starter for 10
2006-09-13 | 92 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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James McAvoyBrian Jackson
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Alice EveAlice Harbinson
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Rebecca HallRebecca Epstein
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Catherine TateJulie Jackson
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Dominic CooperSpencer
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Benedict CumberbatchPatrick Watts
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James CordenTone
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Mark GatissBamber Gascoigne
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Guy HenryDr. Morrison
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John HenshawDes
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Elaine TanLucy Chang
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Simon WoodsJosh
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Charles DanceMichael Harbinson
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Lindsay DuncanRose Harbison
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Sule RimiMarcus
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Ian BonarColin
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Nicholas GleavesSpeaker for Nuclear Disarmament
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Joe Van MoylandHippy at Party
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James GaddasMartin Jackson