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Full Record for Film No. 158


Title:Desmond's
Director 1:Maudie Fletcher
Country:UK
Year:1992
length:
Colour/b-w:colour
Genre:TV situation comedy
Screenwriter:Trix Worrell
Cinematographer:Martin Hawkins
Editor:Jake Bernard
Producer:Humphrey Barclay, Charlie Hanson
Production company:Channel Four Television
Cast:Norman Beaton, Carmen Munroe, Ram John Holder
Location:TABB
TABB No.:68
Synopsis:This TV sitcom stars Norman Beaton as Desmond Ambrose, the owner of a barber's shop in Peckham, London. His shop is the gathering place for a motley crew of West Indian 'philosphers' who discuss their everyday problems concerning life in Britain.
Keyword 1:West Indian
Keyword 2:family
Keyword 3:community
Keyword 4:Britishness
Keyword 5:gender
Keyword 6:generation
Keyword 7:blackness
Keyword 8:pride
Keyword 9:black
Keyword 10:London

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