The Buddha of Suburbia

The Buddha of Suburbia

BBC Two Ended Drama • Comedy

1 Season · 4 Episodes · Premiered November 3, 1993 · Ended November 24, 1993

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.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

4 episodes
E01
Part 1
Wed, Nov 3 1993 9:25 PM GMT+0000 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.
E02
Part 2
Wed, Nov 10 1993 9:25 PM GMT+0000 60 min
Jamila's intended husband, Changez, arrives from Bombay, but his passion seems to be in discovering 221b Baker Street.
E03
Part 3
Wed, Nov 17 1993 9:25 PM GMT+0000 60 min
Eva leaves suburbia for the city. Karim becomes an actor and falls in love with Eleanor. Charlie's career advances.
E04
Part 4
Wed, Nov 24 1993 9:25 PM GMT+0000 60 min
Karim becomes a star and goes with Pyke's play to New York. He has to reflect on his return to Britain. 
Naveen Andrews
Naveen Andrews as Karim Amir ('Creamy')
Brenda Blethyn
Brenda Blethyn as Margaret Amir
Harish Patel
Harish Patel as Changez
Jemma Redgrave
Jemma Redgrave as Eleanor
Roshan Seth
Roshan Seth as Haroon Amir
Steven Mackintosh
Steven Mackintosh as Charlie Kay
Susan Fleetwood
Susan Fleetwood as Eva Kay

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