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.

Cast

James McAvoy

Alice Eve

Rebecca Hall

Catherine Tate

Dominic Cooper

Benedict Cumberbatch

James Corden

Mark Gatiss