Starter for 10 (2006)
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 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