1985; Britain has had to endure race riots minor strikes & a milk-snatching Prime Minister but for Brian life seems more complicated A working class kid commanding a wealth of general knowledge Brian ambition to appear on TV UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE is within his grasp but communicating with the fairer sex proves to be something of a non-starter With a place on the show assured Brian is ready for anything
- anything except for falling in love with fellow student & team-mate Alice that is To complicate matters further Brian must resist the temptation of animal rights activist Rebecca & overcome the nagging doubt that he about to become the pretentious student his childhood friends fear