Starter for 10

2006 6.4 (417 votes) 1h 32m

Genres

Drama Comedy Romance

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.