Production Companies: Scion Films , BBC Film , HBO Films , Neal Street Productions , Playtone , Scamp Film and Theatre Ltd. .
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. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.
, BBC Film 
, HBO Films 
, Neal Street Productions 
, Playtone 
, Scamp Film and Theatre Ltd. .
