Remembers… · SEASON 1
Hanif Kureishi Remembers… The Buddha of Suburbia
Episode 4 · 2022-08-17
- Documentary
- Talk
Episode overview
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 forward serious ideas, and what it was like working with his musical hero, after David Bowie unexpectedly suggested that he write the soundtrack.
10 minutes
Season 1 episodes
1. Jeanette Winterson Remembers... Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit2022-06-29
2. Bernard Hill Remembers... Boys from the Blackstuff2022-07-06
3. Colin Baker Remembers… The Roads to Freedom2022-07-29
4. Hanif Kureishi Remembers… The Buddha of Suburbia2022-08-17
5. Moira Armstrong and Vivien Heilbron Remember… Sunset Song2022-08-31
6. Christopher Eccleston Remembers… Our Friends in the North2022-09-14
7. Kenneth Branagh Remembers… Billy Plays2022-10-05
8. David Harewood Remembers… A Man from the Sun2022-10-19
9. Siân Phillips Remembers… How Green Was My Valley2022-11-02
10. Michael Dobbs Remembers… House of Cards2022-11-16
11. Alison Steadman Remembers… The Singing Detective2022-11-30
12. Joe McFadden Remembers… The Crow Road2022-12-14
13. Peter Kosminsky Remembers… Wolf Hall2022-12-19
14. Richard Wilson Remembers… Tutti Frutti2022-12-26
