Desmond's

Jan 05, 1989 (en) Comedy [30] Min
  • First Air Date
    Jan 05, 1989
  • Production
    Humphrey Barclay Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    71%
  • Original title
    Desmond's
  • Release
    Jan 05, 1989
  • en
    -

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Charlie Hanson, Humphrey Barclay

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Carmen Munroe

    Shirley Ambrose

  2. Norman Beaton

    Desmond Ambrose

  3. Dominic Keating

    Tony

  4. Robbie Gee

    Lee Stanley

  5. Ram John Holder

    Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant

  6. Geff Francis

    Michael Ambrose

  7. Justin Pickett

    Sean Ambrose

  8. Lisa Geoghan

    Louise Dixon

  9. Gyearbuor Asante

    Matthew

  10. Alphonsia Emmanuel

  11. Mona Hammond

  12. Sol Raye

  13. Treva Etienne

  14. Dean Gatiss

    Ricky Flaxman

  15. Matilda Thorpe

    Mandy Mosgrove

  16. Kim Walker

    Gloria Ambrose

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 16 / Crews : 2

Season 1 ( 1989-01-05)

French Lessons

Episode: 1

The Offer

Episode: 2

Expansion Plans

Episode: 3

Hello Aunty Susu

Episode: 4

A Surprise for Porkpie

Episode: 5

Sad News

Episode: 6

Season 2 ( 1990-01-22)

The Treatment

Episode: 1

'Old De Front Page

Episode: 2

'Old De Front Page Again

Episode: 3

Veronica

Episode: 4

A Microwave, Five Men and a Nappy

Episode: 5

Reunion

Episode: 6

Porkpies

Episode: 7

For Love or Money

Episode: 8

Stop the World, I Want to Get Off

Episode: 9

Here Comes De Sun

Episode: 10

Kung You

Episode: 11

Aunty Susu

Episode: 12

Thirty Year Itch

Episode: 13

Season 3 ( 1991-10-28)

The Head Hunter

Episode: 1

The Peckham Pimpernel

Episode: 2

A Day In The Life

Episode: 3

Smokeless Fuming

Episode: 4

Relative Strangers

Episode: 5

Vanity Merchants

Episode: 6

The Waiting Game

Episode: 7

Driving Me Crazy

Episode: 8

Daydreams

Episode: 9

Dobbin

Episode: 10

The Prodigal

Episode: 11

Too Young

Episode: 12

The Roots Tradition

Episode: 13

Season 4 ( 1992-10-05)

All Things Bright

Episode: 1

Flats, Lies And Videotape

Episode: 2

Growing Pains

Episode: 3

Lee's Journey

Episode: 4

Calypso

Episode: 5

The Kid

Episode: 6

Too Red Eye

Episode: 7

Susu Again

Episode: 8

Can't Buy Me Love

Episode: 9

Art Attack

Episode: 10

Go With The Flo

Episode: 11

My Two Sons

Episode: 12

The Godmother

Episode: 13

Season 5 ( 1993-09-27)

A Class Act

Episode: 1

Shimmer And Shine

Episode: 2

Halcyon Days

Episode: 3

Lollipop Man

Episode: 4

Pardnership

Episode: 5

Fairy Tales

Episode: 6

Love Match

Episode: 7

Coughs And Sneezes

Episode: 8

Kiss Of The Spiderman

Episode: 9

Two Lads And A Lady

Episode: 10

Shirley's Sermon

Episode: 11

A Matter Of Life And Death

Episode: 12

The Patter Of Little Feet

Episode: 13

Season 6 ( 1994-09-26)

Do Me A Favour

Episode: 1

Hatchet Job

Episode: 2

Georgetown Dreaming

Episode: 3

Demon Barber II (Turbo)

Episode: 4

Love Letters

Episode: 5

Planning Permission

Episode: 6

The Speech

Episode: 7

Judgement Day

Episode: 8

The Return Of Hyacinth Green

Episode: 9

Heavy Traffic

Episode: 10

When The Cat's Away

Episode: 11

A Sign Of The Times

Episode: 12

O Little Town Of Peckham

Episode: 13
Jan 05, 1989 (en)
Comedy
[30] Min
  • First Air Date Jan 05, 1989
  • Production
    Humphrey Barclay Productions
  • Rotten tomato 71%
Original Title Desmond's
en

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Charlie Hanson, Humphrey Barclay

    Producer