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msn.comDesmond’s, the Norman Beaton comedy about a Guyanese barber whose outdated haircuts both mortified and bonded Peckham between 1989 and 1994.
It was an apt choice for the early-morning crowd; while it was not the first British sitcom to feature a primarily black cast, it became one of the most prominent, and – sadly – black British sitcoms remain few and far between.
The Ambrose family’s efforts to create a better life for themselves, with the odds stacked against them, still feel poignant in 2021, and the opening titles come complete with scenes of HMT Empire Windrush and lyrics about leaving a sunny life for the “damp and rain of London city” (and the strains of Don’t Scratch My Soca by Beaton).
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