Drama Comedy Romance
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.
Directed by
Tom Vaughan
Tom Hanks
Benedict Cumberbatch
Patrick Watts
Charles Dance
Michael Harbinson
James McAvoy
Brian Jackson
Alice Eve
Alice Harbinson
Rebecca Hall
Rebecca Epstein
Dominic Cooper
Spencer
Simon Woods
Josh
Mark Gatiss
Bamber Gascoigne
Guy Henry
Dr. Morrison
Catherine Tate
Julie Jackson
James Corden
Tone
Nicholas Gleaves
Speaker for Nuclear Disarmament
Lindsay Duncan
Rose Harbison
Gerard Monaco
Waiter
Elaine Tan
Lucy Chang
James Gaddas
Martin Jackson
John Henshaw
Des
Joe Van Moyland
Hippy at Party
Rasmus Hardiker
University Challenge Competitor
Ben Willbond
University Challenge Coordinator
Sule Rimi
Marcus
Tom Allen
Tristram Neville
Ian Bonar
Colin
Robert Cawsey
University Challenge Competitor
Raj Ghatak
Nigel De Havilland
Joseph Friend
Young Brian
Su Elliot
Cleaner
Reuben-Henry Biggs
Anthony Salmon
Bethan Bevan
Cordelia Sykes
Kenneth Hadley
Television Director

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