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.
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Derek New
College Boy (University Challenge Theme)
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Ace of Spades
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The Cure
Boys Don't Cry
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New Order
Blue Monday
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The Style Council
Long Hot Summer
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Yazoo
Situation
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The Cure
In Between Days
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The Cure
Six Different Ways
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The Cure
Pictures of You
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Wham!
I'm Your Man
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Bananarama
Venus
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The Undertones
Teenage Kicks
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The Psychedelic Furs
Love My Way
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Kate Bush
The Man with the Child in His Eyes
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Buzzcocks
Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)
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Tears for Fears
The Hurting
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Echo & the Bunnymen
Do It Clean
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Black
Wonderful Life
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The Smiths
Please Please Please, Let Me Get What I Want
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Tears for Fears
Ideas As Opiates
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The Cure
Lovesong
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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 |
Broadcasts
Sat 27 Dec 2008 21:30- Sat 27 Dec 2008 21:50Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales (Analogue) & Wales only
Wed 31 Dec 2008 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD- Sat 10 Jan 2009 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Sat 7 Feb 2009 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Sat 30 May 2009 21:10Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Mon 9 Nov 2009 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Sat 20 Aug 2011 23:30
- Mon 19 Mar 2012 23:20Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland & England only
- Tue 20 Mar 2012 00:20Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland & Wales only
Thu 6 Jun 2013 21:00- Sat 14 Sep 2013 23:10Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Sat 14 Sep 2013 23:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland
- Sun 31 Aug 2014 22:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two England, Wales & HD only
- Sun 31 Aug 2014 23:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland
- Tue 19 May 2015 23:20Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two England, Wales & HD only
- Tue 19 May 2015 23:50Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland
- Wed 30 Nov 2016 22:00
- Thu 27 Dec 2018 00:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Mon 27 May 2019 23:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Sun 22 Dec 2019 23:50Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two England, HD, Wales HD & Wales only
- Mon 29 Aug 2022 22:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Sat 15 Apr 2023 22:00
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