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Mar 9, 2007 · Starter for 10: Directed by Tom Vaughan. With Joseph Friend, James Gaddas, Catherine Tate, Mark Gatiss. Set in 1985, working-class student Brian Jackson (McAvoy) navigates his first year at Bristol University.
Feb 23, 2007 · Brian Jackson (James McAvoy), a working-class youth from Essex, gets a chance to prove himself when he is accepted to respected Bristol University.
- Romance, Comedy, Drama
Starter for 10 is a 2006 British comedy-drama film directed by Tom Vaughan from a screenplay by David Nicholls, adapted from his 2003 novel Starter for Ten. The film stars James McAvoy as a university student who wins a place on a University Challenge quiz team.
“Starter for ten” is correctly used to suggest that a topic should receive more discussion or thought. It’s a way of acknowledging an idea or a point made by someone, but also hinting that it’s not fully formed or complete.
Nov 10, 2006 · Sometimes it's not about the right answers. Set in the mid-Eighties, Starter for 10 is a comedy about a working-class boy stumbling romantically and academically through...
A brilliant young man heads to college bent on leading his school on a TV quiz show, only to get caught up in personal entanglements. 77 IMDb 6.7 1 h 36 min 2007. X-Ray PG-13.
Feb 23, 2007 · A romantic comedy set in the mid-eighties about a working-class kid struggling to make his way in the rarefied world of an upper-class British university, Starter for 10 is a bittersweet tale about loyalty, class, falling in love and the difference between knowledge and wisdom.
A period comedy set in 1985, the story chronicles the misadventures of Brian Jackson (James McAvoy), a student in his first year at Bristol University. A somewhat obsessive collector of general knowledge, Brian has been a fan since childhood of University Challenge.
Oct 15, 2006 · Starter for 10 is directed by Tom Vaughan and adapted to screenplay by David Nicholls from his own novel of the same name. It stars James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Rebecca Hall, Dominic Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Catherine Tate and Elaine Tan.
Set in 1985, working-class student Brian Jackson (McAvoy) navigates his first year at Bristol University.
