
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.

as Brian Jackson

as Alice Harbinson

as Rebecca Epstein

as Julie Jackson

as Spencer

as Patrick Watts

as Tone

as Bamber Gascoigne

as Dr. Morrison

as Des

as Lucy Chang

as Josh

as Michael Harbinson

as Rose Harbison

as Marcus

as Colin

as Speaker for Nuclear Disarmament

as Hippy at Party

as Martin Jackson

as Young Brian

as University Challenge Competitor

as University Challenge Competitor

as University Challenge Coordinator

as Cleaner

as Anthony Salmon

as Cordelia Sykes

as Tristram Neville

as Nigel De Havilland

as Television Director

as Waiter