S01E01 Part 1
In 1970s London we meet Karim, the son of an India father and an English mother.
The Buddha of Suburbia
Overview
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
S01E02 Part 2
Jamila’s betrothed, Changez, arrives from Bombay but he mainly wants to see Baker Street.
S01E03 Part 3
Eva leaves suburbia for the city. Karim becomes an actor and falls in love with Eleanor.
Cast
Naveen Andrews
Karim Amir
Brenda Blethyn
Margaret Amir
Harish Patel
Changez
Jemma Redgrave
Eleanor
Roshan Seth
Haroon Amir
Steven Mackintosh
Charlie Kay
Susan Fleetwood
Eva Kay
David Bamber
Shadwell
Nisha Nayar
Jamila
Surendra Kochar
Badi Uzzaman
Janet Dale
