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MONEY
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1 season · 4 episodes total · ~4 per season.
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The Buddha of Suburbia
1993 1 seasons · 4 eps English
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ComedyDrama
Synopsis
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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.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
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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
Created by
Hanif Kureishi
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RUNTIME
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Short-form: under 10 episodes, so binge-completable in a weekend.
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RUNTIME
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Roughly 4 hours end-to-end — 1 full workdays of television.
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ERA
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Premiered 1993 and has since ended.
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WILD
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TMDB status: "Ended".
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CINEMA
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Show type: Miniseries.
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CAST
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Created by Hanif Kureishi.
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CAST
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19 series regulars — a large ensemble that can carry branching arcs.
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The technical file
- Seasons
- 1
- Total episodes
- 4
- Avg episode length
- 60 min
- Premiered
- 1993-11-03
- Last aired
- 1993-11-24
- Languages
- English, Italian, Urdu
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