Desmond's

Desmond's was a Britcom made from 1989-1994. It centred around a family-run barbershop in Peckham, and was one of the earliest shows on British television to have a mostly black cast[1]. Much of the comedy came from the generation and culture gap between the very West Indian parents Desmond and Shirley, and their very English children, Michael, Gloria and Sean.

Tropes used in Desmond's include:

From the long warm nights with the ocean breeze,
To the damp and to the rain of London city.
We come from the sun to live in the cold,
I miss my rum, I want my coconut tree.

  1. The absolute earliest was The Fosters, which ran from 1976-77, and also starred Norman Beaton as the head of the family
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