Series
The Buddha of Suburbia
1993 · 1 season · 4 episodes · Ended · BBC Two
Comedy, Drama
TMDB 5.9 · 16 votes
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.
Episodes
- S01E01Part 11993-11-0360m
In 1970s London we meet Karim, the son of an India father and an English mother.
- S01E02Part 21993-11-1060m
Jamila’s betrothed, Changez, arrives from Bombay but he mainly wants to see Baker Street.
- S01E03Part 31993-11-1760m
Eva leaves suburbia for the city. Karim becomes an actor and falls in love with Eleanor.
- S01E04Part 41993-11-2460m
Karim becomes a star and goes with Pyke’s play to New York.
