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About
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.
Theatrical
Oct 15, 2006
DVD / Blu-ray
Jul 31, 2007
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Scion Films, BBC Film, HBO Films, Neal Street Productions, Playtone, Scamp Film and Theatre Ltd.
Cast
Full credits →J
James McAvoy
Brian Jackson
A
Alice Eve
Alice Harbinson
Rebecca Hall
Rebecca Epstein
C
Catherine Tate
Julie Jackson
D
Dominic Cooper
Spencer
B
Benedict Cumberbatch
Patrick Watts
James Corden
Tone
M
Mark Gatiss
Bamber Gascoigne
G
Guy Henry
Dr. Morrison
J
John Henshaw
Des
E
Elaine Tan
Lucy Chang
S
Simon Woods
Josh
C
Charles Dance
Michael Harbinson
L
Lindsay Duncan
Rose Harbison
S
Sule Rimi
Marcus
I
Ian Bonar
Colin
N
Nicholas Gleaves
Speaker for Nuclear Disarmament
J
Joe Van Moyland
Hippy at Party
J
James Gaddas
Martin Jackson
J
Joseph Friend
Young Brian
