2006 | GB | 1 j 36 m
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.
James McAvoy (Brian Jackson), Alice Eve (Alice Harbinson), Rebecca Hall (Rebecca Epstein), Catherine Tate (Julie Jackson), Dominic Cooper (Spencer), Benedict Cumberbatch (Patrick Watts), James Corden (Tone), Mark Gatiss (Bamber Gascoigne), Guy Henry (Dr. Morrison), John Henshaw (Des), Elaine Tan (Lucy Chang), Simon Woods (Josh)
