The Buddha of Suburbia

TV Show
TitleThe Buddha of Suburbia
User score

6.2

Release dateNov 3, 1993
Release date of last episodeNov 24, 1993
GenreComedy, Drama
DirectorHanif Kureishi
Production countryGB
Production companiesBBC
Series statusEnded
Seasons count1 (List of episodes)
Episodes count4
Run time60 min.

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.

Latest episodes

List of episodes

S1.E4 ∙ Part 4

Nov 24, 1993

S1.E3 ∙ Part 3

Nov 17, 1993

S1.E2 ∙ Part 2

Nov 10, 1993

S1.E1 ∙ Part 1

Nov 3, 1993

Videos

The Buddha of Suburbia - BBC2 Trailer (Wed 3 Nov 1993)

Feb 11, 2017

David Bowie, Hanif Kureishi and Naveen Andrews on working on The Buddha Of Suburbia mtv

Jan 4, 2020

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