Desmond's
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First Air DateJan 05, 1989
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ProductionHumphrey Barclay Productions
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Rotten tomato71%
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Original titleDesmond's
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ReleaseJan 05, 1989
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You didn’t go there to get your hair cut!
Overview
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.
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Music Supervisor
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Charlie Hanson, Humphrey Barclay
Producer
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Casts
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Shirley Ambrose
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Desmond Ambrose
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Tony
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Lee Stanley
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Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
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Michael Ambrose
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Sean Ambrose
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Louise Dixon
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Matthew
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Ricky Flaxman
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Mandy Mosgrove
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Gloria Ambrose
Season 1 ( 1989-01-05)
French Lessons
The Offer
Expansion Plans
Hello Aunty Susu
A Surprise for Porkpie
Sad News
Season 2 ( 1990-01-22)
The Treatment
'Old De Front Page
'Old De Front Page Again
Veronica
A Microwave, Five Men and a Nappy
Reunion
Porkpies
For Love or Money
Stop the World, I Want to Get Off
Here Comes De Sun
Kung You
Aunty Susu
Thirty Year Itch
Season 3 ( 1991-10-28)
The Head Hunter
The Peckham Pimpernel
A Day In The Life
Smokeless Fuming
Relative Strangers
Vanity Merchants
The Waiting Game
Driving Me Crazy
Daydreams
Dobbin
The Prodigal
Too Young
The Roots Tradition
Season 4 ( 1992-10-05)
All Things Bright
Flats, Lies And Videotape
Growing Pains
Lee's Journey
Calypso
The Kid
Too Red Eye
Susu Again
Can't Buy Me Love
Art Attack
Go With The Flo
My Two Sons
The Godmother
Season 5 ( 1993-09-27)
A Class Act
Shimmer And Shine
Halcyon Days
Lollipop Man
Pardnership
Fairy Tales
Love Match
Coughs And Sneezes
Kiss Of The Spiderman
Two Lads And A Lady
Shirley's Sermon
A Matter Of Life And Death
The Patter Of Little Feet
Season 6 ( 1994-09-26)
Do Me A Favour
Hatchet Job
Georgetown Dreaming
Demon Barber II (Turbo)
Love Letters
Planning Permission
The Speech
Judgement Day
The Return Of Hyacinth Green
Heavy Traffic
When The Cat's Away
A Sign Of The Times
O Little Town Of Peckham
