Backdrop

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.

2006 |1h 32m |  Drama, Comedy, Romance

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James McAvoy

Brian Jackson

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Alice Eve

Alice Harbinson

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Rebecca Hall

Rebecca Epstein

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Catherine Tate

Julie Jackson

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Dominic Cooper

Spencer

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Benedict Cumberbatch

Patrick Watts

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James Corden

Tone

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Mark Gatiss

Bamber Gascoigne

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Guy Henry

Dr. Morrison

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John Henshaw

Des

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Elaine Tan

Lucy Chang

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Simon Woods

Josh

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Charles Dance

Michael Harbinson

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Lindsay Duncan

Rose Harbison

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Sule Rimi

Marcus

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Ian Bonar

Colin

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Nicholas Gleaves

Speaker for Nuclear Disarmament

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Joe Van Moyland

Hippy at Party

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James Gaddas

Martin Jackson

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Rasmus Hardiker

University Challenge Competitor

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Robert Cawsey

University Challenge Competitor

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Ben Willbond

University Challenge Coordinator

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Tom Allen

Tristram Neville

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Raj Ghatak

Nigel De Havilland

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Gerard Monaco

Waiter

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Status

Released

Language

English

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