Sarfraz Manzoor

Sarfraz Manzoor (Urdu: سرفراز منظور‎; born 9 June 1971) is a British journalist, documentary maker, and broadcaster. 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. He lives in London.

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. He graduated in 1992, began a master's degree in Documentary Production at Salford University in the autumn of 1995 and remained in Manchester until September 1996 when he returned to Luton and began work at ITN.

During his six years at ITN, Manzoor worked as 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.

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