
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.
Starter for 10
September 13, 2006
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Cast (30)

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

Charles Dance
Michael Harbinson

Lindsay Duncan
Rose Harbison

Sule Rimi
Marcus

Ian Bonar
Colin

Nicholas Gleaves
Speaker for Nuclear Disarmament

Joe Van Moyland
Hippy at Party

James Gaddas
Martin Jackson

Joseph Friend
Young Brian

Rasmus Hardiker
University Challenge Competitor

Robert Cawsey
University Challenge Competitor

Ben Willbond
University Challenge Coordinator

Su Elliot
Cleaner

Reuben-Henry Biggs
Anthony Salmon

Bethan Bevan
Cordelia Sykes

Tom Allen
Tristram Neville

Raj Ghatak
Nigel De Havilland

Kenneth Hadley
Television Director

Gerard Monaco
Waiter
Crew (37)
Directing

Tom Vaughan
Director

Angela Wharton
Script Supervisor
Writing

David Nicholls
Novel

David Nicholls
Screenplay
Production

Tom Hanks
Producer

Sam Mendes
Executive Producer

Gary Goetzman
Producer

Nina Gold
Casting

Steven Shareshian
Executive Producer

Julia Blackman
Executive Producer

Mary Richards
Producer

Diana Choi
Producer

Jeff Abberley
Executive Producer

Michelle Chydzik Sowa
Executive Producer

Nathalie Marciano
Executive Producer

Pippa Harris
Producer
Sound

Blake Neely
Original Music Composer

Tom Trafalski
Music Editor

Cameron Frankley
Supervising Sound Editor

Deva Anderson
Music Supervisor

Delphine Robertson
Music Supervisor

Kimberly Harris
Supervising Sound Editor
Art

Sarah Greenwood
Production Design

Katie Spencer
Set Decoration

Nick Gottschalk
Art Direction

Ian Bailie
Supervising Art Director
Camera

Ashley Rowe
Director of Photography

Giles Keyte
Still Photographer
Costume & Make-Up

Jenny Shircore
Hairstylist

Jenny Shircore
Makeup Artist

Charlotte Morris
Costume Design

Mandy Gold
Makeup Artist

Susan Howard
Makeup Artist

Julia Vernon
Makeup Artist
Crew
No data availableEditing

Jon Harris
Editor

Heather Persons
Editor
Lighting

Campbell McIntosh
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