
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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Carmen Munroe
Shirley Ambrose · 71 eps

Norman Beaton
Desmond Ambrose · 71 eps

Dominic Keating
Tony · 71 eps

Robbie Gee
Lee Stanley · 71 eps

Ram John Holder
Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant · 71 eps

Geff Francis
Michael Ambrose · 71 eps
Justin Pickett
Sean Ambrose · 71 eps
Lisa Geoghan
Louise Dixon · 71 eps
Gyearbuor Asante
Matthew · 71 eps

Mona Hammond
71 eps
Sol Raye
71 eps

Treva Etienne
71 eps

Matilda Thorpe
Mandy Mosgrove · 71 eps
Kim Walker
Gloria Ambrose · 71 eps

Kim Walker
13 eps
Dean Gatiss
Ricky Flaxman · 13 eps

Alphonsia Emmanuel
Patricia Robeson · 4 eps

Reggie Yates
1 ep
Ian Dunn
Sergeant Wilson · 1 ep
David Rhule
Rose Man · 1 ep
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