Directed by:
Tom VaughanScreenplay:
David NichollsCinematography:
Ashley RoweComposer:
Blake NeelyCast:
Catherine Tate, Mark Gatiss, Charles Dance, Lindsay Duncan, James McAvoy, Dominic Cooper, Guy Henry, James Corden, Rebecca Hall, Nicholas Gleaves, Simon Woods (more)Plots(1)
James McAvoy stars as Brian, a working class student from Essex navigating his first year at Bristol University with a ragtag group of new friends. Brian's life-long dream is to join the team for the British quiz show University Challenge...and to pull Alice, the fittest girl on the team. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Catherine Tate
UK
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Much Ado About Nothing (2011) (theatrical recording)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) (theatrical recording)
The Bad Mother's Handbook (2007) (TV movie)
Mark Gatiss
UK
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Coriolanus (2014) (theatrical recording)
Sherlock (2010) (series)
The Father (2020)
Charles Dance
UK
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Don Bosco (2004) (TV movie)
Hilary and Jackie (1998)
The Imitation Game (2014)
Lindsay Duncan
UK
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Sherlock (2010) (series)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Wallander (2008) (series)
James McAvoy
UK
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NT Live: Cyrano de Bergerac (2020) (theatrical recording)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004)
Dominic Cooper
UK
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
The Devil's Double (2011)
Guy Henry
UK
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Wallander (2008) (series)
John Adams (2008) (series)
James Corden
UK
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One Man, Two Guvnors (2011) (theatrical recording)
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Rebecca Hall
UK
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The Prestige (2006)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Iron Man Three (2013)
Nicholas Gleaves
UK
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Marvellous (2014) (TV movie)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Simon Woods
UK
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Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Cranford (2007) (series)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Benedict Cumberbatch
UK
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Frankenstein (2011) (theatrical recording)
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Hamlet (2015) (theatrical recording)
Alice Eve
UK
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Hawking (2004) (TV movie)
Star Trek into Darkness (2013)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Rasmus Hardiker
UK
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House of the Dragon (2022) (series)
Micro Men (2009) (TV movie)
Ben Willbond
UK
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Cemetery Junction (2010)
Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
Tom Allen
UK
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Color Me Kubrick (2005)
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Tamara Drewe (2010)
Elaine Tan
UK
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Tully (2018)
Inherent Vice (2014)
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Robert Cawsey
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Cruella (2021)
Simon Amstell: Carnage (2017)
Starter for Ten (2006)
Reuben-Henry Biggs
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Starter for Ten (2006)
Spiderhole (2010)
Sule Rimi
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Mr. Nice (2010)
Starter for Ten (2006)
Panic Button (2011)