2006-09-13 6.4/10
Overview
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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.
Director : Tom Vaughan
Writer : David Nicholls
Cast
James McAvoy
Alice Eve
Rebecca Hall
Catherine Tate
Dominic Cooper
Benedict Cumberbatch