The Buddha of Suburbia
Karim is 17 years old and lives in a South London suburb with his English mother and Pakistani father, who has become a kind of spiritual guru to his middle-class neighbours. Karim wants to explore his cultural roots, in the hope that he will achieve sexual and racial self-realisation.
Comedy
Drama
- Created By
Hanif Kureishi
- First Aired on
Nov 03, 1993
- Popularity: 15.696
- 14 votes
- Networks
- (GB)
- Production
BBC (GB)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
1 seaons till Nov 24, 1993
Last episode: Part 4
Seasons & episodes
Total 1 seasons, 4 episodes
Season 1
Aired
4 Episodes
Episode 1Part 160 min
In 1970s London we meet Karim, the son of an India father and an English mother.
Episode 2Part 260 min
Jamila’s betrothed, Changez, arrives from Bombay but he mainly wants to see Baker Street.
Episode 3Part 360 min
Eva leaves suburbia for the city. Karim becomes an actor and falls in love with Eleanor.
Episode 4Part 460 min
Karim becomes a star and goes with Pyke’s play to New York.
