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Quick Info

Rating

6.4/10

Release2006

Runtime1h 32m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Scion Films

BBC Film

HBO Films

Neal Street Productions

Playtone

Scamp Film and Theatre Ltd.

Movie

Starter for 10

2006

1h 32m

6.4

Drama

Comedy

Romance

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.

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