Starter For Ten

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2006)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

/ Color / 92 mins

5051429101040

In Collection
#948

6.8

Plot

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

	James McAvoy	Brian Jackson
	Bethan Bevan	Cordelia Sykes
	Reuben-Henry Biggs	Anthony Salmon
	Ian Bonar	Colin
	Robert Cawsey	University Challenge competitor
	Dominic Cooper	Spencer
	James Corden	Tone
	Benedict Cumberbatch	Patrick
	Charles Dance	Michael Harbinson
	Lindsay Duncan	Rose Harbinson
	Su Elliot	Cleaning lady
	Alice Eve	Alice Harbinson
	Joseph Friend	Young Brian
	James Gaddas	Martin Jackson
	Mark Gatiss	Bamber Gascoigne

Crew

Director

Tom Vaughan

Producer

Tom Hanks

Writer

David Nicholls

Cinematography

Ashley Rowe

Musician

Blake Neely

Trailer

Edition Details

Release Date	23/04/2007
Packaging	Keep Case
Screen Ratio	Widescreen (1.78:1)
No. of Disks/Tapes	1

Personal Details

Links	Movie Collector Connect IMDB TheMovieDb.org

Features

Interactive menus, Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Interviews (Cast and crew), Quiz

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Poster

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