Summary: Broadcast by Channel 4 between 1989 and 1995, Desmond's followed the exploits of Desmond Ambrose (Norman Beaton), and the cast of characters who inhabited his South East London barbershop, including his loving wife, Shirley (Carmen Munroe), children Gloria (Kim Walker), Sean (Justin Pickett) and Michael (Geoff Francis), West Indian layabout Porkpie (Ram John Holder) and Matthew (Gyeabuor Asante).