
Meet Bill(2007)
A mild-mannered bank executive mentors a teenage con artist and tries to make a career change as a doughnut merchant.


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.

James McAvoy
Brian Jackson

Alice Eve
Alice Harbinson

Rebecca Hall
Rebecca Epstein

Catherine Tate
Julie Jackson

Dominic Cooper
Spencer

Benedict Cumberbatch
Patrick Watts

James Corden
Tone

Mark Gatiss
Bamber Gascoigne

Guy Henry
Dr. Morrison

John Henshaw
Des
Starter for 10 is a drama, comedy, romance film released in 2006 exploring themes of scholarship, fight, politics, protest, quiz, love. Directed by Tom Vaughan, it stars James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Rebecca Hall. 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.
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