The Buddha of Suburbia

Directed by Roger Michell

This excellent BBC four-part adaptation of Kureishi’s comic, début novel of life in 70s suburbia was scripted by the author himself. Karim (Andrews) is a South London teenager who dreams of life in the city but instead is faced with a professional exotic Indian father and a crush on schoolmate and local teen pop star Charlie (Mackintosh) who aims to become the next Bowie. But things are set to change…Tickets: £6.00 full / £5.00 concs

Duration:
-190 minutes

Country of origin:
Great Britain

Year of production:
1993