Sarfraz Manzoor
Sarfraz Manzoor is a journalist, author and broadcaster. He is currently employed by The Guardian but his writing has been featured in, amongst others, Esquire, Prospect, The New Statesman, The Observer and Index on Censorship.
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 ‘Newsnight Review’.
He is a familiar voice on Radio 4; recent documentaries include a profile of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, a programme exploring Muslim humour and a forthcoming programme on John Lennon. . 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 in June and will be published in the US in April 2008.
Greetings from Bury Park:
Race. Religion. Rock 'n' Roll
- ISBN-10: 0747592942
- ISBN-13: 978-0747592945
Sarfraz Manzoor was two yearsold when his family emigrated fromPakistanto join his fatherin Bury Park, Luton. His teenage years were a constant battle to reconcile being both British and Muslim. But when his best friend introduced him to Bruce Springsteen, his life changed for ever.