
The Buddha of Suburbia
1993
1 Season
5.8
ComedyDrama
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
E1Nov 3, 19931h
Part 1
In 1970s London we meet Karim, the son of an India father and an English mother.
E2Nov 10, 19931h
Part 2
Jamila’s betrothed, Changez, arrives from Bombay but he mainly wants to see Baker Street.
E3Nov 17, 19931h
Part 3
Eva leaves suburbia for the city. Karim becomes an actor and falls in love with Eleanor.























