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Starter for 10
1 hour 32 minutes2006-09-13
6.4
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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](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vB6qYlFXgONGVwwxWXE4gf0F8SQ.jpg)
James McAvoy
Brian Jackson
![Alice Eve](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//tJUSx0Cw7pCnRsCWbGTX2POiTKM.jpg)
Alice Eve
Alice Harbinson
![Rebecca Hall](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//coC58ANiDbqRIyle5zEl9QDektf.jpg)
Rebecca Hall
Rebecca Epstein
![Catherine Tate](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xqaqetDBODzlm4Yky99NOOzLstL.jpg)
Catherine Tate
Julie Jackson
![Dominic Cooper](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wFPdARerxpaAaHucYGTSNqViWpn.jpg)
Dominic Cooper
Spencer
![Benedict Cumberbatch](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wz3MRiMmoz6b5X3oSzMRC9nLxY1.jpg)
Benedict Cumberbatch
Patrick Watts
![James Corden](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xGB0gfZ48M27gQjjL7inJIh1Pqj.jpg)
James Corden
Tone
![Mark Gatiss](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jf6vBlhsDbKR8N3rjl5ulqz9ltB.jpg)
Mark Gatiss
Bamber Gascoigne
![Guy Henry](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//e7CrEtyRrI4q4phB61EzY2Uo38f.jpg)
Guy Henry
Dr. Morrison
![John Henshaw](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//tccV2fiYQujBGk7KDpRJfYgM7lQ.jpg)
John Henshaw
Des
![Elaine Tan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jCI51ktCpWANi1WywmvdPRyjL61.jpg)
Elaine Tan
Lucy Chang
![Simon Woods](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//okhXv0URRB7OYmPfQQEtEyjCg34.jpg)
Simon Woods
Josh
![Charles Dance](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2T2tH6EJjgP8aGevWogwfYr26QQ.jpg)
Charles Dance
Michael Harbinson
![Lindsay Duncan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//sgyf4vOUs5KlRmp4Uuw7UXKjU2b.jpg)
Lindsay Duncan
Rose Harbison
![Sule Rimi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wrcTxNLEkSB8EsboxFYbHv3mYuc.jpg)
Sule Rimi
Marcus
![Ian Bonar](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6nAlRe7ziqkOW3dZhwrrgriYV49.jpg)
Ian Bonar
Colin
![Nicholas Gleaves](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wdfu7tOUQTPmOIHJB53Q6kfcvqh.jpg)
Nicholas Gleaves
Speaker for Nuclear Disarmament
![Joe Van Moyland](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vflCYQcArHDFE30AyL9H4IaifeV.jpg)
Joe Van Moyland
Hippy at Party
![James Gaddas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//nCHlcpSKIQuhI90glwHncKUGoNx.jpg)
James Gaddas
Martin Jackson
![Joseph Friend](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Joseph Friend
Young Brian
![Rasmus Hardiker](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gDdrt1YXPCxdv5LG8WvVJswPydZ.jpg)
Rasmus Hardiker
University Challenge Competitor
![Robert Cawsey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7NoPCU4phW97eBNvQRVfU8KC7FK.jpg)
Robert Cawsey
University Challenge Competitor
![Ben Willbond](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//lPbG2095GBoUkmpw6A2IbiyEnjV.jpg)
Ben Willbond
University Challenge Coordinator
![Su Elliot](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Su Elliot
Cleaner
![Reuben-Henry Biggs](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Reuben-Henry Biggs
Anthony Salmon
![Bethan Bevan](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Bethan Bevan
Cordelia Sykes
![Tom Allen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//cFj49QC31ORppD0R6wjhUwzkAhY.jpg)
Tom Allen
Tristram Neville
![Raj Ghatak](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5JVP7XkLbZtBlMRy3aCYe4AGu00.jpg)
Raj Ghatak
Nigel De Havilland
![Kenneth Hadley](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Kenneth Hadley
Television Director
![Gerard Monaco](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qMSwdA3InoaA2p8kFObUb2RoL8w.jpg)