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Starter for 10

Comedy about Brian, a 1980s working-class boy stumbling romantically and academically through his first year at Bristol University. He tries to achieve his lifelong ambition to appear on TV quiz show University Challenge and falls in love with his teammate.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 15 Apr 2023 22:00

Music Played

  • Derek New

    College Boy (University Challenge Theme)

  • 惭辞迟枚谤丑别补诲

    Ace of Spades

  • The Cure

    Boys Don't Cry

  • New Order

    Blue Monday

  • The Style Council

    Long Hot Summer

  • Yazoo

    Situation

  • The Cure

    In Between Days

  • The Cure

    Six Different Ways

  • The Cure

    Pictures of You

  • Wham!

    I'm Your Man

  • Bananarama

    Venus

  • The Undertones

    Teenage Kicks

  • The Psychedelic Furs

    Love My Way

  • Kate Bush

    The Man with the Child in His Eyes

  • Buzzcocks

    Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

  • Tears for Fears

    The Hurting

  • Echo & the Bunnymen

    Do It Clean

  • Black

    Wonderful Life

  • The Smiths

    Please Please Please, Let Me Get What I Want

  • Tears for Fears

    Ideas As Opiates

  • The Cure

    Lovesong

大象传媒 Movies - Review

'A generous dose of 80s nostalgia, plenty of quick-fire wit and an uncompromising sense of Britishness'

Credits

Role Contributor
Brian Jackson James McAvoy
Alice Harbinson Alice Eve
Julie Jackson Catherine Tate
Bamber Gascoigne Mark Gatiss
Spencer Dominic Cooper
Tone James Corden
Patrick Watts Benedict Cumberbatch
Rebecca Epstein Rebecca Hall
Michael Harbinson Charles Dance
Rose Harbinson Lindsay Duncan
Josh Simon Woods
Marcus Sule Rimi
Director Tom Vaughan
Producer David M Thompson
Producer Pippa Harris
Producer Gary Goetzman
Producer Tom Hanks
Writer David Nicholls

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