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.
Hobie weaves a web of lies to impress a girl; Summer is humiliated when she mistakes an offhand invitation from Jimmy Slade for a date.
Carlton prepares for a dinner date with his former girlfriend, Cindy (Lark Voorhees), forgiving her for rejecting him several months earlier, but when she arrives with a newborn baby named Carlton Jr., the entire Banks family is stunned.
The Mad Hatter puts the city of Gotham under his control in an attempt to impress a woman, Alice, with whom he is in love.
Blossom and Six are arrested when stolen items turn up in their garage sale; pro-baseball scout Chico Barranca visits Joey to see if he has a future in baseball.
Chris kills a pet loving mathematician's dog; he falls in love with her and then while taking care of the rest of her pets, a parakeet drops dead. Maurice takes delivery of a clock he paid top dollar for and is delivered with the guy who will set it up. He becomes less than enamored with it when it doesn't keep the perfect time he expected.
Daddy runs off to join the Foreign Legion. Hyacinth and Richard manage to find him, but he escapes again and runs riot at an art gallery - The same art gallery that Hyacinth and Richard have been invited to!
After enduring yet another siege attack on Camelot, Arthur decides that it is time to go on the counter offensive to rescue a Unicorn captured by Queen Morgana. The Unicorn is the key to finding all the Keys of Truth and whoever possesses the mystical creature will hold the advantage over their rival.
Sketches include Mtv Rock The Vote / Vera Demilo / Snack N Shack / Bunny And Clive / Dysfunctional Home Show / Gangstarr with Nice & Smooth perform "DWYCK"
Peggy tries to make Al more interested in having sex with her by purchasing new dresses, unsucessfully.
When tests confirm his low sperm count, Roc asks Joey to donate his sperm . Roc does not want another man's sperm impregnating his wife, but Roc also realizes how passionately Eleanor wants to have a child. When they arrive at the hospital and begin the procedure, Roc suddenly changes his mind. He confesses that he wants to be genetically connected to his son and will continue more tests.
Stu tries to set up one of his wacky inventions on the roof and falls off, landing on his head, and starts to think he's a baby. The Rugrats take advantage of this and have fun with him but Tommy starts to miss his dad.
The Pickles throw a garage sale and Angelica tricks the babies by letting them help out and give out some stuff too. In the end when Didi and Stu come back inside, the entire house is empty and the money they earnt has to be used to replace everything.
Clarissa is chosen to represent her school at a poetry banquet after her computer helps her write a strange but well-loved poem.
Yusuke Urameshi is having a typical day. He's cutting class, arguing with teachers and getting into fights with his rival Kuwabara. But then Yusuke does something that betrays his killer rep. He dives in front of a speeding car to push a little boy out of harm's way! Yusuke has sacrificed his life for the sake of another, but is this really the end of this brash young man?
Richie falls for a con man's ploy when he attempts to find out more about his parents, whom he has never known. The con uses Richie for a place to crash and anything else he can get out of him by pretending to be his father. MacLeod also relives his past in the memories of first becoming immortal and being cast out of his clan by his father.