The Buddha of Suburbia
7.3
Season 1
65 min
S1 · E1 · Nov 3, 1993
Part 1 Episode 1
65 min
S1 · E2 · Nov 10, 1993
Part 2 Episode 2
65 min
S1 · E3 · Nov 17, 1993
Part 3 Episode 3
65 min
S1 · E4 · Nov 24, 1993
Part 4 Episode 4
4 episodes in Season 1
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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.
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Cast
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Naveen Andrews
Karim Amir
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Charlie Kay
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Hanif Kureishi Creator · Roger Michell Director David Bowie Composer
Total runtime 4h 0m · Episode length 60 min · Type Miniseries
Show info
Premiered
November 3, 1993
Final episode
January 1, 2003
Status
Ended
Network
BBC Two
Country
United Kingdom
Type
Miniseries
Episode length
60 min
Total runtime
4h 0m
Original language
English
Production
BBC
Production
Languages
Spoken on screen
English · Italian · Urdu
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