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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.
“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.
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
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...
Starter for 10 (2006) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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.
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.
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.
James McAvoy (The Last King of Scotland, Shameless) is Brian Jackson, a wide-eyed working class kid whose exhaustive grasp of general knowledge leaves him wanting when it comes to women.
