Starter For 10 (2006)
Coming-of-age comedy drama set in the mid-1980s, starring James McAvoy as working-class Essex boy Brian Jackson, who navigates his way through his first year at Bristol University and struggles to achieve his long-held ambition to appear on the TV quiz show University Challenge ... and to pull Alice, the fittest girl on the team. Set against the backdrop of Thatcher-era Britain, defined by the music of New Order, The Cure and The Smiths.
Primary Title
- Starter For 10
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 7 May 2023
Release Year
- 2006
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 22 : 10
Duration
- 100:00
Channel
- Whakaata Māori
Broadcaster
- Whakaata Māori
Programme Description
- Coming-of-age comedy drama set in the mid-1980s, starring James McAvoy as working-class Essex boy Brian Jackson, who navigates his way through his first year at Bristol University and struggles to achieve his long-held ambition to appear on the TV quiz show University Challenge ... and to pull Alice, the fittest girl on the team. Set against the backdrop of Thatcher-era Britain, defined by the music of New Order, The Cure and The Smiths.
Classification
- M
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- College students--England--Drama
- Nicholls, David, 1966---Film adaptations
- Television quiz shows--England--Drama
- University challenge (Television program)--Drama
- Feature films--Great Britain
- Feature films--United States
Genres
- Comedy-drama
- Romance
Contributors
- Tom Vaughan (Director)
- David Nicholls (Writer)
- James McAvoy (Actor)
- Alice Eve (Actor)
- Rebecca Hall (Actor)
- Benedict Cumberbatch (Actor)
- Dominic Cooper (Actor)
- Catherine Tate (Actor)
- Mark Gatiss (Actor)
- Guy Henry (Actor)
- James Corden (Actor)
- Elaine Tan (Actor)
- Simon Woods (Actor)
- Ian Bonar (Actor)
- Charles Dance (Actor)
- Lindsay Duncan (Actor)
- Tom Hanks (Producer)
- Gary Goetzman (Producer)
- Pippa Harris (Producer)
- Sam Mendes (Executive Producer)
- Ashley Rowe (Director of Photography)
- Sarah Greenwood (Production Designer)
- Jon Harris (Editor)
- Heather Persons (Editor)
- Blake Neely (Composer)
- Playtone (Production Unit)
- Neal Street Productions (Production Unit)
- HBO Films (Funder)
- BBC Films (Funder)
Subjects
- College students--England--Drama
- Nicholls, David, 1966---Film adaptations
- Television quiz shows--England--Drama
- University challenge (Television program)--Drama
- Feature films--Great Britain
- Feature films--United States