6.403
92 min
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.
Name | Character | Team | |
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James McAvoy | Brian Jackson | Zac E. Chan |
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Alice Eve | Alice Harbinson | Zac E. Chan |
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Rebecca Hall | Rebecca Epstein | Zac E. Chan |
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Catherine Tate | Julie Jackson | Unowned |
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Dominic Cooper | Spencer | Unowned |
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Benedict Cumberbatch | Patrick Watts | Zac E. Chan |
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James Corden | Tone | Unowned |
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Mark Gatiss | Bamber Gascoigne | Unowned |
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Guy Henry | Dr. Morrison | Unowned |
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John Henshaw | Des | Unowned |
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Elaine Tan | Lucy Chang | Unowned |
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Simon Woods | Josh | Unowned |
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Charles Dance | Michael Harbinson | The Free Refills |
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Lindsay Duncan | Rose Harbison | Unowned |
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Sule Rimi | Marcus | Unowned |
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Ian Bonar | Colin | Unowned |
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Nicholas Gleaves | Speaker for Nuclear Disarmament | Unowned |
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Joe Van Moyland | Hippy at Party | Unowned |
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James Gaddas | Martin Jackson | Unowned |
Joseph Friend | Young Brian | Unowned | |
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Rasmus Hardiker | University Challenge Competitor | Unowned |
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Robert Cawsey | University Challenge Competitor | Unowned |
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Ben Willbond | University Challenge Coordinator | Unowned |
Su Elliot | Cleaner | Unowned | |
Reuben-Henry Biggs | Anthony Salmon | Unowned | |
Bethan Bevan | Cordelia Sykes | Unowned | |
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Tom Allen | Tristram Neville | Unowned |
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Raj Ghatak | Nigel De Havilland | Unowned |
Kenneth Hadley | Television Director | Unowned | |
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Gerard Monaco | Waiter | Unowned |