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.
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance
Keywords: fight , injury , love , marijuana , politics , protest , quiz , scholarship , theft , university , cheerful , quiz-show