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Starter for 10
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Title: Starter for 10

Release Date: 13 Sep 2006

Runtime: 1h 32m

Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance

Director: Scion Films, BBC Film, HBO Films, Neal Street Productions, Playtone, Scamp Film and Theatre Ltd.

Production Companies: Scion Films, BBC Film, HBO Films, Neal Street Productions, Playtone, Scamp Film and Theatre Ltd.

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 6.4 (406 votes)

Cast

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