Starter for 10 (2006)

Title: Starter for 10

Original Title: Starter for 10

Release Date: 2006-09-13

Status: Released

Rating: 6.378/10 (from 436 votes)

Language: EN

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance

Production Companies: Scion Films, BBC Film, HBO Films, Neal Street Productions, Playtone, Scamp Film and Theatre Ltd.

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.