
In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls inside the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from beach Essex with a love of information for its personal sake and a youth spent watching “University Challenge,” a university quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge crew and falls under the spell of Alice, a cute blond with an intensive sexual beyond. He’s smitten, and he carelessly manages to harm the feelings of Rebecca Epstein, a pal whose politics and wit he admires. The Challenge finale is coming up; maybe Brian can redeem himself and nevertheless keep away from being a prat. tt0477095