Desmond's (1989)

Name: Desmond's
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Carmen Munroe, Norman Beaton, Dominic Keating, Robbie Gee, Ram John Holder

Comedy

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.

IMDb rating: 7.9 (1,206 votes)
Seasons: 6
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video · Tubi TV
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1989)

7.32 avg 6 episodes 7.6 → 7.3 24 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	French Lessons	7.6	37
2	The Offer	7.3	27
3	Expansion Plans	7.3	25
4	Hello Aunty Susu	7.2	24
5	A Surprise for Porkpie	7.2	24
6	Sad News	7.3	26

Season 2 (1990)

7.46 avg 13 episodes 7.7 → 7.6 24 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Treatment	7.7	24
2	'Old De Front Page	7.2	25
3	'Old De Front Page Again	7.4	24
4	Veronica	7.5	24
5	A Microwave, Five Men and a Nappy	7.8	26
6	Reunion	7.5	26
7	Porkpies	7.7	24
8	For Love or Money	7.4	26
9	Stop the World, I Want to Get Off	7.5	25
10	Here Comes De Sun	7.4	24
11	Kung You	7.2	25
12	Aunty Susu	7.1	26
13	Thirty Year Itch	7.6	25

Season 3 (1991)

7.70 avg 13 episodes 6.8 → 7.7 24 min avg

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Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Head Hunter	6.8	23
2	The Peckham Pimpernel	7.8	25
3	A Day in the Life	7.3	23
4	Smokeless Fuming	8.4	27
5	Relative Strangers	7.5	20
6	Vanity Merchants	7.3	20
7	The Waiting Game	7.9	20
8	Driving Me Crazy	7.8	21
9	Daydreams	7.7	20
10	Dobbin	7.7	20
11	The Prodigal	7.9	21
12	Too Young	8.3	24
13	Roots Tradition	7.7	20

Season 4 (1992)

7.42 avg 13 episodes 6.8 → 7.5 24 min avg

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Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	All Things Bright	6.8	17
2	Flats, Lies and Videotape	7.6	16
3	Growing Pains	7.5	18
4	Lee's Journey	7.7	19
5	Calypso	8.1	20
6	The Kid	7.4	18
7	Too Red Eye	7.2	16
8	Susu Again	7.2	16
9	Can't Buy Me Love	7.8	16
10	Art Attack	6.9	14
11	Go with the Flo	7.7	17
12	My Two Sons	7.1	13
13	The Godmother	7.5	14

Season 5 (1993)

7.08 avg 13 episodes 7.4 → 7.5 24 min avg

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Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Class Act	7.4	14
2	Shimmer and Shine	7.2	14
3	Halcyon Daze	6.8	16
4	Lollipop Man	7.4	16
5	Pardnership!	6.5	15
6	Fairytales	6.9	15
7	Love Match	6.6	16
8	Coughes and Sneezes	7.4	16
9	Kiss of the Spiderman	6.5	15
10	Two Lads and a Lady	7.4	13
11	Shirley's Sermon	6.7	13
12	A Matter of Life and Death	7.8	17
13	The Patter of Little Feet	7.5	15

Season 6 (1994)

7.28 avg 13 episodes 7.5 → 8.8 26 min avg

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Do Me a Favour	7.5	15
2	Hatchet Job	8.0	13
3	Georgetown Dreaming	6.8	14
4	Demon Barber II: Turbo	7.1	14
5	Love Letters	7.0	13
6	Planning Permission	7.6	13
7	The Speech	7.1	15
8	Judgement Day	6.7	14
9	The Return of Hyacinth Green	7.3	13
10	Heavy Traffic	6.7	13
11	When the Cat's Away	7.3	14
12	Sign of the Times	6.7	13
13	O Little Town of Peckham	8.8	27

Desmond's (1989)

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