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- Runtime
- 92 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- James McAvoy
- Alice Eve
- Rebecca Hall
- Catherine Tate
- Dominic Cooper
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- James Corden
- Mark Gatiss
- Guy Henry
- John Henshaw
- Elaine Tan
- Simon Woods
- Charles Dance
- Lindsay Duncan
- Sule Rimi
- Ian Bonar
- Nicholas Gleaves
- Joe Van Moyland
- James Gaddas
- Joseph Friend
- Rasmus Hardiker
- Robert Cawsey
- Ben Willbond
- Su Elliot
- Reuben-Henry Biggs
- Bethan Bevan
- Tom Allen
- Raj Ghatak
- Kenneth Hadley
- Gerard Monaco
Director
- Tom Vaughan
Producers
- Tom Hanks
- Diana Choi
- Gary Goetzman
- Pippa Harris
- Mary Richards
Screenwriter
- David Nicholls