Desmond's (1989)
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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Cast
Norman Beaton
as Desmond Ambrose
Norman Beaton was a popular and much loved Guyanese born British actor. He arrived in the UK in 1960 and worked as a calypso singer and musician and a teacher - being the first black teacher employed...
Dominic Keating
as Tony
Dominic Keating (born 1 July 1962) is an English television, film and theatre actor, known for his portrayal as Lt. Malcolm Reed on Star Trek: Enterprise.
Keating was born in Leicester to an Irish fa...
Robbie Gee
as Lee Stanley
Robbie Gee (born 24 March 1970) is a British actor, best known for his Desmond's character "Lee Stanley", for appearing in Guy Ritchie's crime caper Snatch, and for his comedy roles in TV series like...
Ram John Holder
as Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant
Guyanese actor and musician, Ram John Holder started his professional life as a folk singer in New York in the early '60s before moving to the UK to work as a musician and later an actor for Pearl Con...
Geff Francis
as Michael Ambrose
Alphonsia Emmanuel
Director
Trix Worrell