Starter for 10 — Official Trailer

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 & Crew

Directed by Tom Vaughan

• James McAvoy
  as Brian Jackson
• Alice Eve
  as Alice Harbinson
• Rebecca Hall
  as Rebecca Epstein
• Catherine Tate
  as Julie Jackson
• Dominic Cooper
  as Spencer
• Benedict Cumberbatch
  as Patrick Watts