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.

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  James McAvoyBrian Jackson
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  Alice EveAlice Harbinson
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  Rebecca HallRebecca Epstein
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  Catherine TateJulie Jackson
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  Dominic CooperSpencer
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  Benedict CumberbatchPatrick Watts
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  James CordenTone
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  Mark GatissBamber Gascoigne
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  Guy HenryDr. Morrison
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  John HenshawDes