Desmond's
“You didn’t go there to get your hair cut!”
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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1.French Lessons
05-01-198930mDesmond thinks Shirley is playing away when she begins to brag about her French teacher.
2.The Offer
12-01-198930mDesmond considers selling the shop to retire in Guyana early, when a smooth-talking businessman enters the shop. Deciding to apply for a loan to do up the shop instead, Desmond vis...
3.Expansion Plans
19-01-198930mMichael decides that the shop needs more employees and he introduces Tony, who gets the job as Desmond's assistant.
4.Hello Aunty Susu
26-01-198930mShirley's obnoxious older sister arrives but begins to annoy everyone when she takes without asking and does things how she wants in her sister's house.
5.A Surprise for Porkpie
02-02-198930mPorkpie disappoints everyone when he doesn't celebrate Shirley's birthday, because he needs a TV licence.
6.Sad News
09-02-198930mGloria is going on a date with a gay politician, while Desmond and Shirley get news that their old friend and former band member of The Georgetown Dreamers, Sweetsticks, has died.
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