Overview
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.
DirectorTom Vaughan
ProducersTom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Diana Choi, Pippa Harris, Mary Richards
ScreenplayDavid Nicholls
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LanguageEnglish
Production companiesScion Films, BBC Film, HBO Films, Neal Street Productions, Playtone, Scamp Film and Theatre Ltd.
