Starter for 10 (2006)

  • PG-13
  • 10/15/2006 (US)
  • Drama, Comedy, Romance
  • 1h 32m

Overview

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.

Tom Vaughan

Director

David Nicholls

Screenplay, Novel

Cast

James McAvoy's headshot

James McAvoy

Brian Jackson
Alice Eve's headshot

Alice Eve

Alice Harbinson
Rebecca Hall's headshot

Rebecca Hall

Rebecca Epstein
Catherine Tate's headshot

Catherine Tate

Julie Jackson
Dominic Cooper's headshot

Dominic Cooper

Spencer
Benedict Cumberbatch's headshot

Benedict Cumberbatch

Patrick Watts
James Corden's headshot

James Corden

Tone
Mark Gatiss's headshot

Mark Gatiss

Bamber Gascoigne

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