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Starter for 10 (2006)
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Starter for 10

2006Directed by Tom Vaughan1h 36m

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.

  • Drama
  • Comedy
  • Romance

Cast

  • James McAvoy as Brian Jackson
  • Alice Eve as Alice Harbinson
  • Rebecca Hall as Rebecca Epstein
  • Catherine Tate as Julie Jackson
  • Dominic Cooper as Spencer
  • Benedict Cumberbatch as Patrick Watts
  • James Corden as Tone
  • Mark Gatiss as Bamber Gascoigne
  • Guy Henry as Dr. Morrison
  • John Henshaw as Des
  • Elaine Tan as Lucy Chang
  • Simon Woods as Josh
  • Charles Dance as Michael Harbinson
  • Lindsay Duncan as Rose Harbison
  • Sule Rimi as Marcus
  • Ian Bonar as Colin

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