Starter for 10

Starter for 10 (2024)

2024

Drama / Comedy / Romance

6.4 from 10 with total 318 votes

2006-09-13

92 minutes

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.

James McAvoy character Brian Jackson

Alice Eve character Alice Harbinson

Rebecca Hall character Rebecca Epstein

Catherine Tate character Julie Jackson

Dominic Cooper character Spencer

Benedict Cumberbatch character Patrick Watts

James Corden character Tone

Mark Gatiss character Bamber Gascoigne

Guy Henry character Dr. Morrison

John Henshaw character Des

Elaine Tan character Lucy Chang

Simon Woods character Josh

Charles Dance character Michael Harbinson

Lindsay Duncan character Rose Harbison

Sule Rimi character Marcus

Ian Bonar character Colin

Nicholas Gleaves character Speaker for Nuclear Disarmament

Joe Van Moyland character Hippy at Party

James Gaddas character Martin Jackson

Joseph Friend character Young Brian

Rasmus Hardiker character University Challenge Competitor

Robert Cawsey character University Challenge Competitor

Ben Willbond character University Challenge Coordinator

Su Eliott character Cleaner

Reuben-Henry Biggs character Anthony Salmon

Bethan Bevan character Cordelia Sykes

Tom Allen character Tristram Neville

Raj Ghatak character Nigel De Havilland

Kenneth Hadley character Television Director

Gerard Monaco character Waiter