Sarfraz Manzoor (; born 9 June 1971) is a British journalist, documentary maker, broadcaster, and screenwriter of Pakistani origin. He is a regular contributor to The Guardian, presenter of documentaries on BBC Radio 4, and a cultural commentator who appears on programmes such as Newsnight Review and Saturday Review. His first book, Greetings from Bury Park was published in 2007. Early life and education Manzoor was born in Lyallpur (now Faisalabad), the second largest city in Punjab Province and the third largest in Pakistan. He emigrated to Britain in May 1974 with his mother, older brother and sister to join their father, Mohammed Manzoor, who had left Pakistan in 1963 to find work. Manzoor attended Maidenhall Infants and Primary Schools in the Bury Park district of Luton. In the autumn of 1979, Manzoor's family moved to the Marsh Farm estate and he attended Wauluds Primary School and in the autumn of 1982 began at Lea Manor High School. After completing A levels at Luton Sixth Form College, Manzoor left Luton to study Economics and Politics at Manchester University. Three days before Manzoor turned 24 in 1995, his father died. Career Manzoor worked for six years at ITN, during which he was a producer and reporter on Channel 4 News interviewing such figures as Woody Allen, Brian Wilson, Sinéad O'Connor, Peter Gabriel, Don McCullin and Charlie Watts. He left Channel 4 News and joined Channel 4 as a deputy commissioning editor before signing a contract with Bloomsbury Publishing for his first book. Manzoor scripted The Great British Asian Invasion for Channel 4 and wrote and directed Death of a Porn Star for the same network which told the tragic story of the life and death of Lolo Ferrari. He presented a documentary for Channel 4 on the 2006 Guardian Hay Book Festival On the Way to Hay in which he interviewed Monica Ali and Will Self. In March 2005, Manzoor wrote and presented Luton Actually, a documentary for BBC 2. The programme, a personal and affectionate portrait of his hometown, featured Manzoor tracing his family's journey from Pakistan to Luton. In 2007, he published Greetings from Bury Park, a memoir that detailed his life growing up in Luton and the twin impacts upon his life of the death of his father in 1995 and the music and especially the lyrics of Bruce Springsteen. Manzoor had admired the United States, wishing to