

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.
Hanif Kureishi
BBC Two
4
60 min

In 1970s London we meet Karim, the son of an India father and an English mother.
Nov 3, 1993

Jamila’s betrothed, Changez, arrives from Bombay but he mainly wants to see Baker Street.
Nov 10, 1993

Eva leaves suburbia for the city. Karim becomes an actor and falls in love with Eleanor.
Nov 17, 1993

Karim becomes a star and goes with Pyke’s play to New York.
Nov 24, 1993

Karim Amir

Margaret Amir

Changez

Eleanor

Haroon Amir

Charlie Kay

Eva Kay

Shadwell

Jamila


