Eva leaves suburbia for the city. Karim becomes an actor and falls in love with Eleanor. Charlie's career advances.

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 how it set new standards in representing multicultural Britain, the importance that humour plays in pushing serious ideas, and what it was like working with his musical hero, after David Bowie unexpectedly suggested that he write the soundtrack.