1989 - 1994
7.1 (13 votes)
6 Seasons
Genres
Comedy
Networks
Channel 4
Created By
Trix Worrell
Desmond's
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.
Key Crew
Producer: Humphrey Barclay, Charlie Hanson
Top Cast
Carmen Munroe
Shirley Ambrose
Norman Beaton
Desmond Ambrose
Dominic Keating
Tony
Robbie Gee
Lee Stanley
Ram John Holder
Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
Geff Francis
Michael Ambrose
Justin Pickett
Sean Ambrose
Lisa Geoghan
Louise Dixon
Seasons
Season 1 (1989)
No overview available.
6 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: French Lessons
1989-01-05Episode 2: The Offer
1989-01-12Episode 3: Expansion Plans
1989-01-19Episode 4: Hello Aunty Susu
1989-01-26Episode 5: A Surprise for Porkpie
1989-02-02Episode 6: Sad News
1989-02-09
Season 2 (1990)
No overview available.
13 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Treatment
1990-01-22Episode 2: 'Old De Front Page
1990-01-29Episode 3: 'Old De Front Page Again
1990-02-05Episode 4: Veronica
1990-02-12Episode 5: A Microwave, Five Men and a Nappy
1990-02-19Episode 6: Reunion
1990-02-26Episode 7: Porkpies
1990-03-05Episode 8: For Love or Money
1990-03-12Episode 9: Stop the World, I Want to Get Off
1990-03-19Episode 10: Here Comes De Sun
1990-03-26Episode 11: Kung You
1990-04-02Episode 12: Aunty Susu
1990-04-09Episode 13: Thirty Year Itch
1990-04-16
Season 3 (1991)
No overview available.
13 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Head Hunter
1991-10-28Episode 2: The Peckham Pimpernel
1991-11-04Episode 3: A Day In The Life
1991-11-11Episode 4: Smokeless Fuming
1991-11-18Episode 5: Relative Strangers
1991-11-25Episode 6: Vanity Merchants
1991-12-02Episode 7: The Waiting Game
1991-12-16Episode 8: Driving Me Crazy
1991-12-16Episode 9: Daydreams
1992-01-06Episode 10: Dobbin
1992-01-13Episode 11: The Prodigal
1992-01-20Episode 12: Too Young
1992-01-27Episode 13: The Roots Tradition
1992-02-03
Season 4 (1992)
No overview available.
13 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: All Things Bright
1992-10-05Episode 2: Flats, Lies And Videotape
1992-10-12Episode 3: Growing Pains
1992-10-19Episode 4: Lee's Journey
1992-10-26Episode 5: Calypso
1992-11-02Episode 6: The Kid
1992-11-09Episode 7: Too Red Eye
1992-11-16Episode 8: Susu Again
1992-11-23Episode 9: Can't Buy Me Love
1992-11-30Episode 10: Art Attack
1992-12-07Episode 11: Go With The Flo
1992-12-14Episode 12: My Two Sons
1992-12-21Episode 13: The Godmother
1992-12-28
Season 5 (1993)
No overview available.
13 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: A Class Act
1993-09-27Episode 2: Shimmer And Shine
1993-10-04Episode 3: Halcyon Days
1993-10-11Episode 4: Lollipop Man
1993-10-18Episode 5: Pardnership
1993-10-25Episode 6: Fairy Tales
1993-11-01Episode 7: Love Match
1993-11-08Episode 8: Coughs And Sneezes
1993-11-15Episode 9: Kiss Of The Spiderman
1993-11-22Episode 10: Two Lads And A Lady
1993-11-29Episode 11: Shirley's Sermon
1993-12-06Episode 12: A Matter Of Life And Death
1993-12-13Episode 13: The Patter Of Little Feet
1993-12-20
Season 6 (1994)
No overview available.
13 episodes
