Released:
2006-09-13

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.

Director:
Tom Vaughan

Runtime:
1h 32min

Genre:
Drama, Comedy, Romance

• Cast:
• 
  James McAvoy
  as
  Brian Jackson
• 
  Alice Eve
  as
  Alice Harbinson
• 
  Rebecca Hall
  as
  Rebecca Epstein
• 
  Catherine Tate
  as
  Julie Jackson
• 
  Dominic Cooper
  as
  Spencer