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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Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | French Lessons | 1989-01-05 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | The Offer | 1989-01-12 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Expansion Plans | 1989-01-19 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Hello Aunty Susu | 1989-01-26 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | A Surprise for Porkpie | 1989-02-02 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | Sad News | 1989-02-09 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | The Treatment | 1990-01-22 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 2 | 'Old De Front Page | 1990-01-29 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 3 | 'Old De Front Page Again | 1990-02-05 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 4 | Veronica | 1990-02-12 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 5 | A Microwave, Five Men and a Nappy | 1990-02-19 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 6 | Reunion | 1990-02-26 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 7 | Porkpies | 1990-03-05 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 8 | For Love or Money | 1990-03-12 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 9 | Stop the World, I Want to Get Off | 1990-03-19 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 10 | Here Comes De Sun | 1990-03-26 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 11 | Kung You | 1990-04-02 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 12 | Aunty Susu | 1990-04-09 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 13 | Thirty Year Itch | 1990-04-16 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 1 | The Head Hunter | 1991-10-28 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 2 | The Peckham Pimpernel | 1991-11-04 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 3 | A Day in the Life | 1991-11-11 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 4 | Smokeless Fuming | 1991-11-18 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 5 | Relative Strangers | 1991-11-25 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 6 | Vanity Merchants | 1991-12-02 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 7 | The Waiting Game | 1991-12-16 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 8 | Driving Me Crazy | 1991-12-16 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 9 | Daydreams | 1992-01-06 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 10 | Dobbin | 1992-01-13 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 11 | The Prodigal | 1992-01-20 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 12 | Too Young | 1992-01-27 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 13 | The Roots Tradition | 1992-02-03 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 1 | All Things Bright | 1992-10-05 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 2 | Flats, Lies and Videotape | 1992-10-12 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 3 | Growing Pains | 1992-10-19 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 4 | Lee's Journey | 1992-10-26 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 5 | Calypso | 1992-11-02 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 6 | The Kid | 1992-11-09 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 7 | Too Red Eye | 1992-11-16 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 8 | Susu Again | 1992-11-23 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 9 | Can't Buy Me Love | 1992-11-30 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 10 | Art Attack | 1992-12-07 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 11 | Go with the Flo | 1992-12-14 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 12 | My Two Sons | 1992-12-21 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 13 | The Godmother | 1992-12-28 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 1 | A Class Act | 1993-09-27 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 2 | Shimmer and Shine | 1993-10-04 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 3 | Halcyon Days | 1993-10-11 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 4 | Lollipop Man | 1993-10-18 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 5 | Partnership | 1993-10-25 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 6 | Fairy Tales | 1993-11-01 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 7 | Love Match | 1993-11-08 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 8 | Coughs and Sneezes | 1993-11-15 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 9 | Kiss of the Spiderman | 1993-11-22 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 10 | Two Lads and a Lady | 1993-11-29 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 11 | Shirley's Sermon | 1993-12-06 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 12 | A Matter of Life and Death | 1993-12-13 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 13 | The Patter of Little Feet | 1993-12-20 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 1 | Do Me a Favour | 1994-09-26 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 2 | Hatchet Job | 1994-10-03 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 3 | Georgetown Dreaming | 1994-10-11 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 4 | Demon Barber II (Turbo) | 1994-10-17 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 5 | Love Letters | 1994-10-24 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 6 | Planning Permission | 1994-10-31 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 7 | The Speech | 1994-11-07 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 8 | Judgement Day | 1994-11-14 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 9 | The Return of Hyacinth Green | 1994-11-21 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 10 | Heavy Traffic | 1994-11-28 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 11 | When the Cat's Away | 1994-12-05 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 12 | A Sign of the Times | 1994-12-12 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 13 | O Little Town of Peckham | 1994-12-19 | 30 min |
Production | Humphrey Barclay | Producer |
Production | Charlie Hanson | Producer |