6.4
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 | |
Alice Eve | Alice Harbinson | Zac E. Chan | |
Rebecca Hall | Rebecca Epstein | Zac E. Chan | |
Catherine Tate | Julie Jackson | Unowned | |
Dominic Cooper | Spencer | Unowned | |
Benedict Cumberbatch | Patrick Watts | Zac E. Chan | |
James Corden | Tone | Unowned | |
Mark Gatiss | Bamber Gascoigne | Unowned | |
Guy Henry | Dr. Morrison | Unowned | |
John Henshaw | Des | Unowned | |
Elaine Tan | Lucy Chang | Unowned | |
Simon Woods | Josh | Unowned | |
Charles Dance | Michael Harbinson | The Free Refills | |
Lindsay Duncan | Rose Harbison | Unowned | |
Sule Rimi | Marcus | Unowned | |
Ian Bonar | Colin | Unowned | |
Nicholas Gleaves | Speaker for Nuclear Disarmament | Unowned | |
Joe Van Moyland | Hippy at Party | Unowned | |
James Gaddas | Martin Jackson | Unowned | |
Joseph Friend | Young Brian | Unowned | |
Rasmus Hardiker | University Challenge Competitor | Unowned | |
Robert Cawsey | University Challenge Competitor | Unowned | |
Ben Willbond | University Challenge Coordinator | Unowned | |
Su Elliot | Cleaner | Unowned | |
Reuben-Henry Biggs | Anthony Salmon | Unowned | |
Bethan Bevan | Cordelia Sykes | Unowned | |
Tom Allen | Tristram Neville | Unowned | |
Raj Ghatak | Nigel De Havilland | Unowned | |
Kenneth Hadley | Television Director | Unowned | |
Gerard Monaco | Waiter | Unowned |