James McAvoy
Brian Jackson
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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.
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.
Feb 23, 2007 · The unique setting of a quiz show makes the film wittier than your average romantic comedy. Brian Jackson (James McAvoy), a working-class youth from Essex, gets a chance to prove himself when he ...
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- Romance, Comedy, Drama
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Set in the mid-Eighties, Starter for 10 is a comedy about a working-class boy stumbling romantically and academically through his first year of University. On the way to achieving his...
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.
Summaries. Set in 1985, working-class student Brian Jackson (McAvoy) navigates his first year at Bristol University.
Feb 23, 2007 · Summary 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. (Picturehouse) Comedy. Drama. Romance. Directed By: Tom Vaughan
