BBC Two · Ended

The Buddha of Suburbia

Drama, Comedy · 1993

Last aired: S1 E4, Part 4 · 1993-11-24

Naveen Andrews plays the charismatic Karim, a half-Asian, half-English, wholly hedonistic chancer who is mortified when his civil servant father (Roshan Seth) plunges into an affair with the exotic Eva and begins passing himself off as a spiritual guru. This brings Karim into contact with Eva's wayward son, Charlie, and ostensibly offers an escape from suburbia. The story follows his break-out, from London to New York, constantly snagging himself on cultural barbwire and falling into situations a raconteur would die for. Soundtrack by David Bowie.

Cast

Naveen Andrews Karim Amir ('Creamy')

Brenda Blethyn Margaret Amir

Harish Patel Changez

Jemma Redgrave Eleanor

Roshan Seth Haroon Amir

Steven Mackintosh Charlie Kay

Susan Fleetwood Eva Kay

Season 1

E1 Part 1 1993-11-03 · 60 min Karim, the teen son of an Indian father and an English mother, looking for trouble, action and sex, is the hero of this comic-drama set in the South London suburbs of the 1970s.

E2 Part 2 1993-11-10 · 60 min Jamila's intended husband, Changez, arrives from Bombay, but his passion seems to be in discovering 221b Baker Street.

E3 Part 3 1993-11-17 · 60 min Eva leaves suburbia for the city. Karim becomes an actor and falls in love with Eleanor. Charlie's career advances.

E4 Part 4 1993-11-24 · 60 min Karim becomes a star and goes with Pyke's play to New York. He has to reflect on his return to Britain.

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