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Synopsis
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·Brian Jackson
Alice Eve·Alice Harbinson
Rebecca Hall·Rebecca Epstein
Catherine Tate·Julie Jackson
Dominic Cooper·Spencer
Benedict Cumberbatch·Patrick Watts
James Corden·Tone
Mark Gatiss·Bamber Gascoigne
Guy Henry·Dr. Morrison
John Henshaw·Des