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You didn’t go there to get your hair cut! - Desmond's
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Title: Desmond's

Release Date: 5 Jan 1989

Runtime: 30m

Genre: Comedy

Director: Trix Worrell

Production Companies: Humphrey Barclay Productions

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.

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Average Vote: 7.1 (13 votes)

Cast

  • Shirley Ambrose: Carmen Munroe
  • Desmond Ambrose: Norman Beaton
  • Tony: Dominic Keating
  • Lee Stanley: Robbie Gee
  • Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant: Ram John Holder
  • Michael Ambrose: Geff Francis
  • Sean Ambrose: Justin Pickett
  • Louise Dixon: Lisa Geoghan
  • Matthew: Gyearbuor Asante
  • : Alphonsia Emmanuel
  • : Mona Hammond
  • : Sol Raye
  • : Treva Etienne
  • Ricky Flaxman: Dean Gatiss
  • Mandy Mosgrove: Matilda Thorpe
  • Gloria Ambrose: Kim Walker
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