Watch Starter for 10

Brian Jackson is a young man from a small town in the English seaside in 1985. Bright and ambitious, he has a thirst for knowledge and a love of the quiz show University Challenge. In his first year leaving home and going to Bristol University he manages to fulfill his ambition and get on their team for the show. He soon finds himself dating his beautiful and posh teammate Alice and making friends with political activist Rebecca.

But the year progresses Brian finds himself having a hard time finding balance between his old working-class background and his newly expanded world.