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The Buddha of Suburbia

Series1993 5.9

The Buddha of Suburbia

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5.9/10

1h 4 epsBBC

ComedyDrama

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Naveen Andrews

Brenda Blethyn

Harish Patel

Jemma Redgrave

Roshan Seth

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Season 1

4 episodes

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Steven Mackintosh

Steven Mackintosh

Charlie Kay

Susan Fleetwood

Susan Fleetwood

David Bamber

Nisha Nayar

Surendra Kochar

Surendra Kochar

Badi Uzzaman

Janet Dale

John McEnery

David Bradley

Richard Leaf

Amanda Root

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Mark Strong

2nd TV Producer

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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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About

First aired: 3 November 1993
Last aired: 24 November 1993
Status: Ended
Type: Miniseries
Created by: Hanif Kureishi
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Original language: EN
Country: GB
Production: BBC
Network: BBC Two
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4
Episode runtime: 1h