Overview - Starter for 10

Date of release

Genres

  • Drama
  • Comedy
  • Romance

Runtime: 92 minutes

Homepage: Starter for 10

Budget

Budget data not disclosed

Revenue

Revenue data not disclosed

Spoken Languages

  • English

Production companies

  • Name: Scion Films

    Production country United Kingdom

  • Name: BBC Film

    Production country United Kingdom

  • Name: HBO Films

    Production country United States of America

  • Name: Neal Street Productions

    Production country United Kingdom

  • Name: Playtone

    Production country United States of America

  • Name: Scamp Film and Theatre Ltd.

    Production country

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.

Cast

  • Name: James McAvoy

    Character: Brian Jackson

    Popularity: 38.286

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  • Name: Alice Eve

    Character: Alice Harbinson

    Popularity: 27.802

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  • Name: Rebecca Hall

    Character: Rebecca Epstein

    Popularity: 18.312

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  • Name: Catherine Tate

    Character: Julie Jackson

    Popularity: 7.837

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  • Name: Dominic Cooper

    Character: Spencer

    Popularity: 12.55

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  • Name: Benedict Cumberbatch

    Character: Patrick Watts

    Popularity: 41.015

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  • Name: James Corden

    Character: Tone

    Popularity: 5.357

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  • Name: Mark Gatiss

    Character: Bamber Gascoigne

    Popularity: 8.837

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