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](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/084/166084099_49fb84.jpg)
Catherine Tate
UK
Best movies:
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](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/812/160812007_185f4e.jpg)
Mark Gatiss
UK
Best movies:
Coriolanus (2014) (theatrical recording)
Sherlock (2010) (series)
The Father (2020)
![Charles Dance](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/028/164028272_463ed3.jpg)
Charles Dance
UK
Best movies:
Don Bosco (2004) (TV movie)
Hilary and Jackie (1998)
The Imitation Game (2014)
![Lindsay Duncan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/778/162778234_c05436.png)
Lindsay Duncan
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Wallander (2008) (series)
![James McAvoy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/022/167022543_147fd4.jpg)
James McAvoy
UK
Best movies:
NT Live: Cyrano de Bergerac (2020) (theatrical recording)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004)
![Dominic Cooper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/780/164780230_a9be4c.jpg)
Dominic Cooper
UK
Best movies:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
The Devil's Double (2011)
![Guy Henry](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/263/158263724_fd0816.jpg)
Guy Henry
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Wallander (2008) (series)
John Adams (2008) (series)
![James Corden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/987/163987824_f68a27.jpg)
James Corden
UK
Best movies:
One Man, Two Guvnors (2011) (theatrical recording)
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
![Rebecca Hall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/365/160365237_cfc749.jpg)
Rebecca Hall
UK
Best movies:
The Prestige (2006)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Iron Man Three (2013)
![Nicholas Gleaves](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/593/161593671_a57d3a.jpg)
Nicholas Gleaves
UK
Best movies:
Marvellous (2014) (TV movie)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
![Simon Woods](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/756/162756901_00017a.png)
Simon Woods
UK
Best movies:
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Cranford (2007) (series)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
![Benedict Cumberbatch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/211/166211759_670f1e.jpg)
Benedict Cumberbatch
UK
Best movies:
Frankenstein (2011) (theatrical recording)
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Hamlet (2015) (theatrical recording)
![Alice Eve](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/104/166104357_12c9e8.jpg)
Alice Eve
UK
Best movies:
Hawking (2004) (TV movie)
Star Trek into Darkness (2013)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Rasmus Hardiker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/812/157812676_126176.jpg)
Rasmus Hardiker
UK
Best movies:
Hilda and the Mountain King (2021)
Micro Men (2009) (TV movie)
Van Der Valk (2020) (series)
Ben Willbond
UK
Best movies:
Secret Smile (2005) (TV movie)
Cemetery Junction (2010)
Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
Tom Allen
UK
Best movies:
Color Me Kubrick (2005)
Starter for Ten (2006)
Tamara Drewe (2010)
![Elaine Tan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/683/161683211_52217d.jpg)
Elaine Tan
UK
Best movies:
Tully (2018)
Inherent Vice (2014)
Beyond the Lights (2014)
Robert Cawsey
Best movies:
Cruella (2021)
Simon Amstell: Carnage (2017)
Starter for Ten (2006)
![Reuben-Henry Biggs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/985/168985858_3o7sca.jpg)
Reuben-Henry Biggs
Best movies:
The Illusionist (2006)
Starter for Ten (2006)
Spiderhole (2010)