Remembers… S1E4 — Hanif Kureishi Remembers… The Buddha of Suburbia

Remembers…•Season 1•Episode 4

Hanif Kureishi Remembers… The Buddha of Suburbia

Aug 17, 202210 min

Writer Hanif Kureishi looks back on how his semi-autobiographical novel The Buddha of Suburbia became one of the defining BBC dramas of the 1990s. He discusses the ways in which it set new standards in representing multicultural Britain, the importance that humour plays in pushing

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Episode Summary

"Hanif Kureishi Remembers… The Buddha of Suburbia" is episode 4 of Remembers… season 1. It aired on August 17, 2022.

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