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Desmonds is a British television situation comedy made by Channel 4 between 1989 and 1994. The show was made in and set in Peckham, London, and featured a predominantly West Indian cast. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Desmonds was a British sitcom screened by Channel Four in the 1990s. ... The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view. ... Channel 4 is a public service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Peckham is a place in the London Borough of Southwark about a mile (1. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ...

Conceived by Trix Worrall, produced by Humphrey Barclay, this series starred Norman Beaton as Desmond, a henpecked barber, and Carmen Munroe as his wife. Also featuring was Ram John Holder as Porkpie, who later had his own series, Porkpie after Desmonds came to an end. Humphrey Barclay (born 1941) is a comedy executive and producer whose first foray into show business was via the Cambridge Footlights. ... Norman Beaton was a Guyanan actor who was born on 31st October 1934 and who died on 13th December 1994. ... Carmen Munroe is a British actress, born in Berbice, Guyana. ...

The series was very successful, and ended when Beaton died at the age of 60. He had however expressed an intention to retire to Guyana and it may well have been that the series would have ended even if he had not died. Worrall went on to work in films. The series also raised the profile of some writers, notably playwright Michael Ellis who went on to work on other shows including the BBC's all-black sketch show "The Real McCoy".

Desmonds came 70th in the 2004 BBC poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national public service broadcaster of the United Kingdom (see British television). ... Britains Best Sitcom is the name of a poll conducted in 2003 and 2004 by the BBC. Criticism was levelled at the BBC after it was revealed that the top ten programmes were all their own productions and that only one place lower at number 11 was the highest...