Desmond's
1989 · TV Series · TV-14 · 30 min
★ 7.3(15)unSUB Rating
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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Details
- Years
- 1989–1994
- Release date
- 1989-01-05
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 30 min
- Max quality
- SD
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.3/10 (15 votes)
Themes
- london, england
- working class
- business
- family
- barbershop
- sitcom
- workplace comedy
Cast & crew
- CM
Carmen Munroe
as Shirley Ambrose
Norman Beaton
as Desmond Ambrose
Dominic Keating
as Tony
Kim Walker
Robbie Gee
as Lee Stanley
Ram John Holder
as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
Geff Francis
as Michael Ambrose
- JP
Justin Pickett
as Sean Ambrose
- LG
Lisa Geoghan
as Louise Dixon
- GA
Gyearbuor Asante
as Matthew
Directed by Mandie Fletcher, Charlie Hanson
Created by Trix Worrell
Episodes6 seasons · 71 episodes
Season 16 episodes
- S1E1French Lessons30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S1E2The Offer30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S1E3Expansion Plans30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S1E4Hello Aunty Susu30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S1E5A Surprise for Porkpie30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S1E6Sad News30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 213 episodes
- S2E1The Treatment30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E2'Old De Front Page30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E3'Old De Front Page Again30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E4Veronica30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E5A Microwave, Five Men and a Nappy30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E6Reunion30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E7Porkpies30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E8For Love or Money30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E9Stop the World, I Want to Get Off30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E10Here Comes De Sun30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E11Kung You30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E12Aunty Susu30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S2E13Thirty Year Itch30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 313 episodes
- S3E1The Head Hunter30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E2The Peckham Pimpernel30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E3A Day In The Life30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E4Smokeless Fuming30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E5Relative Strangers30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E6Vanity Merchants30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E7The Waiting Game30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E8Driving Me Crazy30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E9Daydreams30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E10Dobbin30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E11The Prodigal30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E12Too Young30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S3E13The Roots Tradition30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 413 episodes
- S4E1All Things Bright30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S4E2Flats, Lies And Videotape30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S4E3Growing Pains30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S4E4Lee's Journey30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S4E5Calypso30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S4E6The Kid30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S4E7Too Red Eye30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S4E8Susu Again30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S4E9Can't Buy Me Love30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S4E10Art Attack30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S4E11Go With The Flo30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S4E12My Two Sons30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S4E13The Godmother30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 513 episodes
- S5E1A Class Act30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E2Shimmer And Shine30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E3Halcyon Days30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E4Lollipop Man30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E5Pardnership30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E6Fairy Tales30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E7Love Match30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E8Coughs And Sneezes30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E9Kiss Of The Spiderman30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E10Two Lads And A Lady30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E11Shirley's Sermon30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E12A Matter Of Life And Death30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S5E13The Patter Of Little Feet30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
Season 613 episodes
- S6E1Do Me A Favour30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E2Hatchet Job30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E3Georgetown Dreaming30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E4Demon Barber II (Turbo)30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E5Love Letters30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E6Planning Permission30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E7The Speech30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E8Judgement Day30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E9The Return Of Hyacinth Green30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E10Heavy Traffic30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E11When The Cat's Away30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E12A Sign Of The Times30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi
- S6E13O Little Town Of Peckham30mAmazon Prime VideoTubi