Starter for Ten

Starter for 10, a film version of the novel Starter for Ten premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2006, and released in the UK and Ireland on 10 November 2006. The screenplay is an adaptation by David Nicholls from his own novel. The film was released in the US and Canada in Spring 2007. A period comedy set in 1985, the story chronicles the misadventures of Brian Jackson, a student in his first year at Bristol University. A somewhat... more

Starter for 10, a film version of the novel Starter for Ten premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2006, and released in the UK and Ireland on 10 November 2006. The screenplay is an adaptation by David Nicholls from his own novel. The film was released in the US and Canada in Spring 2007. A period comedy set in 1985, the story chronicles the misadventures of Brian Jackson, a student in his first year at Bristol University. A somewhat obsessive collector of general knowledge, Brian has been a fan since childhood of University Challenge. That TV show's famous catchphrase—"Your starter for 10"—gives the film its title. Upon arriving at university, he seizes upon the opportunity to join Bristol's University Challenge team. He promptly falls for his glamorous teammate Alice (Alice Eve), though he may have more in common with a counterculturalist chum, Rebecca (Rebecca Hall). Additionally, Brian finds himself caught between his new life, amongst the posh university set, and his... less