Tariq Anwar

Tariq Anwar was born in New Delhi to an Austrian mother, Edith Reich, and Indian father, Rafiq Anwar. At the age of five, following the separation of his parents, he returned, with his mother and elder sister, Farida, to live with his Austrian grandparents in Southall, England. His secondary education was at Walpole Grammar School, Ealing, and Sir John Cass College, Aldgate. Leaving college after only one year, he started a fifty-year career in the film and television industry. He has a brother, Peter, wife, Shirley, two children, Dominic and Gabrielle and four grandchildren: Willow, Hugo, Paisley and Storm.