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📺 Series

Desmond's

📅 1989 ⭐ 7.3 🕐 30m GB GB

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.

Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 6 episodes
E1
French Lessons 1989-01-05
E2
The Offer 1989-01-12
E3
Expansion Plans 1989-01-19
E4
Hello Aunty Susu 1989-01-26
E5
A Surprise for Porkpie 1989-02-02
E6
Sad News 1989-02-09
Season 2 13 episodes
E1
The Treatment 1990-01-22
E2
'Old De Front Page 1990-01-29
E3
'Old De Front Page Again 1990-02-05
E4
Veronica 1990-02-12
E5
A Microwave, Five Men and a Nappy 1990-02-19
E6
Reunion 1990-02-26
E7
Porkpies 1990-03-05
E8
For Love or Money 1990-03-12
E9
Stop the World, I Want to Get Off 1990-03-19
E10
Here Comes De Sun 1990-03-26
E11
Kung You 1990-04-02
E12
Aunty Susu 1990-04-09
E13
Thirty Year Itch 1990-04-16
Season 3 13 episodes
E1
The Head Hunter 1991-10-28
E2
The Peckham Pimpernel 1991-11-04
E3
A Day In The Life 1991-11-11
E4
Smokeless Fuming 1991-11-18
E5
Relative Strangers 1991-11-25
E6
Vanity Merchants 1991-12-02
E7
The Waiting Game 1991-12-16
E8
Driving Me Crazy 1991-12-16
E9
Daydreams 1992-01-06
E10
Dobbin 1992-01-13
E11
The Prodigal 1992-01-20
E12
Too Young 1992-01-27
E13
The Roots Tradition 1992-02-03
Season 4 13 episodes
E1
All Things Bright 1992-10-05
E2
Flats, Lies And Videotape 1992-10-12
E3
Growing Pains 1992-10-19
E4
Lee's Journey 1992-10-26
E5
Calypso 1992-11-02
E6
The Kid 1992-11-09
E7
Too Red Eye 1992-11-16
E8
Susu Again 1992-11-23
E9
Can't Buy Me Love 1992-11-30
E10
Art Attack 1992-12-07
E11
Go With The Flo 1992-12-14
E12
My Two Sons 1992-12-21
E13
The Godmother 1992-12-28
Season 5 13 episodes
E1
A Class Act 1993-09-27
E2
Shimmer And Shine 1993-10-04
E3
Halcyon Days 1993-10-11
E4
Lollipop Man 1993-10-18
E5
Pardnership 1993-10-25
E6
Fairy Tales 1993-11-01
E7
Love Match 1993-11-08
E8
Coughs And Sneezes 1993-11-15
E9
Kiss Of The Spiderman 1993-11-22
E10
Two Lads And A Lady 1993-11-29
E11
Shirley's Sermon 1993-12-06
E12
A Matter Of Life And Death 1993-12-13
E13
The Patter Of Little Feet 1993-12-20
Season 6 13 episodes
E1
Do Me A Favour 1994-09-26
E2
Hatchet Job 1994-10-03
E3
Georgetown Dreaming 1994-10-11
E4
Demon Barber II (Turbo) 1994-10-17
E5
Love Letters 1994-10-24
E6
Planning Permission 1994-10-31
E7
The Speech 1994-11-07
E8
Judgement Day 1994-11-14
E9
The Return Of Hyacinth Green 1994-11-21
E10
Heavy Traffic 1994-11-28
E11
When The Cat's Away 1994-12-05
E12
A Sign Of The Times 1994-12-12
E13
O Little Town Of Peckham 1994-12-19
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