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Drama / Comedy / Romance

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.

Directed by Tom Vaughan

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE STORY

Cast.

James McAvoy

James McAvoy

Brian Jackson

Alice Eve

Alice Eve

Alice Harbinson

Rebecca Hall

Rebecca Hall

Rebecca Epstein

Catherine Tate

Catherine Tate

Julie Jackson

Dominic Cooper

Dominic Cooper

Spencer

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

Patrick Watts

James Corden

James Corden

Tone

Mark Gatiss

Mark Gatiss

Bamber Gascoigne

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