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Desmond's
1989 · TV series · 30 min episodes · 6 seasons
Created by Trix Worrell
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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This has reminded me of the classic sitcom Desmond's, set in a Guyanese barbershop in South London, with exactly that dynamic:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond%27s
Although Desmond's wife was usually around, and he had a white apprentice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxgmRB78GxQ