Sarfraz Manzoor
Sarfraz Manzoor is a journalist, author and broadcaster. He is a contracted writer for The Guardian and The Observer but his writing has also appeared in, amongst others, Esquire, Prospect, The New Statesman, Index on Censorship and the Daily Mail.
His television credits include writing and presenting ‘Luton Actually’ for the BBC and ‘The Great British Asian Invasion’ for Channel 4. As a commentator he has appeared on numerous radio and television programmes including ‘Question Time’, ‘The Moral Maze’, ‘The Heaven and Earth Show’, ‘The Moral of the Story’, the ‘Today’ programme and ‘The Review Show’.
He is currently reporting for BBC 2's 'The Culture Show' and he is a familiar voice on Radio 4; recent documentaries include a three part series about the working class, a programme that explored Johnny Cash's scottish origins and a profile of Little Richard. He is also an occasional presenter and panellist on ‘Saturday Review’. In addition to Radio 4 Sarfraz has also presented on 5 Live and Radio 2.
Prior to his broadcasting career Sarfraz Manzoor was a deputy commissioning editor at Channel 4 which he joined after 5 years as producer and reporter on Channel 4 News.
His critically acclaimed memoir ‘Greetings from Bury Park’ was published in the UK by Bloomsbury in the UK and Vintage in the United States.