Starter for 10
Starter for 10
Release: 2006-09-13
·Runtime: 92m
·★ 6.4
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
United States of America
Production Companies
Scion Films
BBC Film
HBO Films
Neal Street Productions
Playtone
Scamp Film and Theatre Ltd.
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Tom Allen
as Tristram Neville
Benedict Cumberbatch
as Patrick Watts
John Henshaw
as Des
Nicholas Gleaves
as Speaker for Nuclear Disarmament
Joe Van Moyland
as Hippy at Party
Rebecca Hall
as Rebecca Epstein
Simon Woods
as Josh
Sule Rimi
as Marcus
James Gaddas
as Martin Jackson
Robert Cawsey
as University Challenge Competitor
James McAvoy
as Brian Jackson
Rasmus Hardiker
as University Challenge Competitor
Gerard Monaco
as Waiter
James Corden
as Tone
Elaine Tan
as Lucy Chang
Charles Dance
as Michael Harbinson
Raj Ghatak
as Nigel De Havilland
Dominic Cooper
as Spencer
Ian Bonar
as Colin
Ben Willbond
as University Challenge Coordinator
Catherine Tate
as Julie Jackson
Guy Henry
as Dr. Morrison
Mark Gatiss
as Bamber Gascoigne
Lindsay Duncan
as Rose Harbison
Alice Eve
as Alice Harbinson
