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
