Desmond's

Desmond's (1989)

You didn’t go there to get your hair cut!

  • Genre: Comedy
  • Creator: Trix Worrell
  • First Air Date: 1989-01-05
  • Last Air Date: 1994-12-19
  • Total Seasons: 6
  • Total Episodes: 71
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 30 min.
  • Production Company: Humphrey Barclay Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Networks: Channel 4
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Summary

Desmond's was a British television situation comedy broadcast by Channel 4 from 1989 to 1994. With 71 episodes, Desmond's became Channel 4's longest-running sitcom. The first series was shot in 1988, with the first episode broadcast in January 1989. The show was made in and set in Peckham, London, England and featured a predominantly Black British Guyanese cast. Conceived and co-written by Trix Worrell, and produced by Charlie Hanson and Humphrey Barclay, this series starred Norman Beaton as barber Desmond Ambrose. Desmond's shop was a gathering place for an assortment of local characters.

  • Keywords: london, england, working class, business, family, barbershop, sitcom, workplace comedy
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    Desmond's Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1989-01-05
    6 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 1990-01-22
    13 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 1991-10-28
    13 Episodes

    Season 4

    First Air Date: 1992-10-05
    13 Episodes

    Season 5

    First Air Date: 1993-09-27
    13 Episodes

    Season 6

    First Air Date: 1994-09-26
    13 Episodes

    Desmond's Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1French Lessons30 min
    Season 1Episode 2The Offer30 min
    Season 1Episode 3Expansion Plans30 min
    Season 1Episode 4Hello Aunty Susu30 min
    Season 1Episode 5A Surprise for Porkpie30 min
    Season 1Episode 6Sad News30 min
    Season 2Episode 1The Treatment30 min
    Season 2Episode 2'Old De Front Page30 min
    Season 2Episode 3'Old De Front Page Again30 min
    Season 2Episode 4Veronica30 min
    Season 2Episode 5A Microwave, Five Men and a Nappy30 min
    Season 2Episode 6Reunion30 min
    Season 2Episode 7Porkpies30 min
    Season 2Episode 8For Love or Money30 min
    Season 2Episode 9Stop the World, I Want to Get Off30 min
    Season 2Episode 10Here Comes De Sun30 min
    Season 2Episode 11Kung You30 min
    Season 2Episode 12Aunty Susu30 min
    Season 2Episode 13Thirty Year Itch30 min
    Season 3Episode 1The Head Hunter30 min
    Season 3Episode 2The Peckham Pimpernel30 min
    Season 3Episode 3A Day in the Life30 min
    Season 3Episode 4Smokeless Fuming30 min
    Season 3Episode 5Relative Strangers30 min
    Season 3Episode 6Vanity Merchants30 min
    Season 3Episode 7The Waiting Game30 min
    Season 3Episode 8Driving Me Crazy30 min
    Season 3Episode 9Daydreams30 min
    Season 3Episode 10Dobbin30 min
    Season 3Episode 11The Prodigal30 min
    Season 3Episode 12Too Young30 min
    Season 3Episode 13The Roots Tradition30 min
    Season 4Episode 1All Things Bright30 min
    Season 4Episode 2Flats, Lies and Videotape30 min
    Season 4Episode 3Growing Pains30 min
    Season 4Episode 4Lee's Journey30 min
    Season 4Episode 5Calypso30 min
    Season 4Episode 6The Kid30 min
    Season 4Episode 7Too Red Eye30 min
    Season 4Episode 8Susu Again30 min
    Season 4Episode 9Can't Buy Me Love30 min
    Season 4Episode 10Art Attack30 min
    Season 4Episode 11Go with the Flo30 min
    Season 4Episode 12My Two Sons30 min
    Season 4Episode 13The Godmother30 min
    Season 5Episode 1A Class Act30 min
    Season 5Episode 2Shimmer and Shine30 min
    Season 5Episode 3Halcyon Days30 min
    Season 5Episode 4Lollipop Man30 min
    Season 5Episode 5Partnership30 min
    Season 5Episode 6Fairy Tales30 min
    Season 5Episode 7Love Match30 min
    Season 5Episode 8Coughs and Sneezes30 min
    Season 5Episode 9Kiss of the Spiderman30 min
    Season 5Episode 10Two Lads and a Lady30 min
    Season 5Episode 11Shirley's Sermon30 min
    Season 5Episode 12A Matter of Life and Death30 min
    Season 5Episode 13The Patter of Little Feet30 min
    Season 6Episode 1Do Me a Favour30 min
    Season 6Episode 2Hatchet Job30 min
    Season 6Episode 3Georgetown Dreaming30 min
    Season 6Episode 4Demon Barber II (Turbo)30 min
    Season 6Episode 5Love Letters30 min
    Season 6Episode 6Planning Permission30 min
    Season 6Episode 7The Speech30 min
    Season 6Episode 8Judgement Day30 min
    Season 6Episode 9The Return of Hyacinth Green30 min
    Season 6Episode 10Heavy Traffic30 min
    Season 6Episode 11When the Cat's Away30 min
    Season 6Episode 12A Sign of the Times30 min
    Season 6Episode 13O Little Town of Peckham30 min
    • Carmen Munroe

      as Shirley Ambrose
    • Norman Beaton

      as Desmond Ambrose
    • Dominic Keating

      as Tony
    • Robbie Gee

      as Lee Stanley
    • Ram John Holder

      as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
    • Geff Francis

      as Michael Ambrose
    • Justin Pickett

      as Sean Ambrose
    • Lisa Geoghan

      as Louise Dixon
    • Gyearbuor Asante

      as Matthew
    • Alphonsia Emmanuel

      as
    • Mona Hammond

      as
    • Sol Raye

      as
    • Treva Etienne

      as
    • Dean Gatiss

      as Ricky Flaxman
    • Matilda Thorpe

      as Mandy Mosgrove
    • Kim Walker

      as Gloria Ambrose
    Production Humphrey Barclay Producer
    Production Charlie Hanson Producer

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