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The Buddha of Suburbia

Show Info

  • Status: Ended
  • First Aired: November 3, 1993
  • Seasons: 1
  • Episodes: 4
  • Networks: BBC Two
  • Genres: Comedy, Drama
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The Buddha of Suburbia(1993)

TMDB Rating: 5.8 (15 votes)

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.

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Season 1

4 episodes • 1993

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1Part 1Nov 3, 19930.0
2Part 2Nov 10, 19930.0
3Part 3Nov 17, 19930.0
4Part 4Nov 24, 19930.0

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