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Series 6
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Series 6 Episode 13 0 Little Town of Peckham (51 mins)
The last ever episode of the popular sitcom. Shirley is planning a traditional Guyanese Christmas but the family have other plans. Meanwhile, Lee decides that what the barber shop needs is…
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Series 6 Episode 12 A Sign of the Times (25 mins)
Desmond has ordered a neon sign for the shop and Lee has got it for him at a bargain price. But then he offers to install it, too...
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Series 6 Episode 11 When the Cat's Away (24 mins)
A huge wedding takes place in Peckham, which means big business for the shop. But Desmond is away and Shirley is forced to call in his hated rival, Irving Poole.
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Series 6 Episode 10 Heavy Traffic (25 mins)
Lee falls in love. She's beautiful, talented, an aromatherapist - and that's not all...
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Series 6 Episode 9 Return of Hyacinth Green (25 mins)
Porkpie's old flame Hyacinth turns up - and just happens to answer the phone when his absent fiancee Susu calls from Jamaica.
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Series 6 Episode 8 Judgement Day (25 mins)
A funky American preacher arrives at the barbershop to sue Desmond for a cut he had two years ago and the months of mental distress he had to suffer afterwards.
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Series 6 Episode 7 The Speech (25 mins)
Desmond is away at a conference. but his speech has gone AWOL. When it can't be found, there's only one answer - the barber shop gang will write a replacement.
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Series 6 Episode 6 Planning Permission (25 mins)
Desmond hires an architect to plan the retirement house he's always dreamt of - but then he tries to keep it secret from Shirley.
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Series 6 Episode 5 Love Letters (24 mins)
Beverley becomes distraught when she finds some love letters written by Cuthbert.
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Series 6 Episode 4 Demon Barber II (Turbo) (25 mins)
Sean invents a video game that seems destined to put his father out of business.
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Series 6 Episode 3 Georgetown Dreaming (25 mins)
On a miserable English day Desmond wonders what might have happened if he had never come to this 'godforsaken country'.
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Series 6 Episode 2 Hatchet Job (25 mins)
Desmond gets a shock when he reads a page or two from Porkpie's diary.
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Series 6 Episode 1 Do Move a Favour (25 mins)
Desmond hires a new assistant Ricky - but no one else can understand why he's chosen Ricky in the first place.
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Series 5
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Series 5 Episode 13 The Patter of Little Feet (25 mins)
It could be wedding bells for Michael unless Beverly has her way.
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Series 5 Episode 12 A Matter of Life and Death (25 mins)
Lee decides to go into the motor bike courier business, but after a routine health check, his health hangs in the balance.
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Series 5 Episode 11 Shirley's Sermon (25 mins)
Shirley is asked by the vicar to preach a sermon. Desmond doesn't think this is possibly the greatest idea in the world.
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Series 5 Episode 10 Two Lads and a Lady (25 mins)
Mandy disapproves of Michael's new girlfriend - and she's not the only one.
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Series 5 Episode 9 Kiss of the Spiderman (25 mins)
Sean is organising a university dance and books Spider as his star Ragga DJ. And that's where the trouble starts...
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Series 5 Episode 8 Coughs and Sneezes (25 mins)
Desmond is struck down with flu and Shirley is away teaching for the week, so Tony takes control of the shop.
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Series 5 Episode 6 Fairytales (24 mins)
Gloria's 20th birthday arrives and she's never felt so low. It's time to take the bull by the horns and change her life.
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Series 5 Episode 5 Pardnership (25 mins)
Desmond goes into partnership with Lee on a sure-fire money-spinning venture. Meanwhile, Beverley needs money to pay for a wedding.
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Series 5 Episode 4 Lollipop Man: (25 mins)
Porkpie invites everyone to see him in action on the school crossing.
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Series 5 Episode 3 Halcyon Days (25 mins)
It's Sean's first day at university - but is he ready to exchange freedom for books?
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Series 5 Episode 2 Shimmer and Shone (25 mins)
Porkpie gets himself a job and Lee enters Michael for a hair competition.
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Series 5 Episode 1 A Class Act (25 mins)
Matthew needs a bill-topper for his charity concert. Step forward Desmond, Shirley and a twinkle-toed Porkpie.
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Series 4
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Series 4 Episode 13 The Godmother (25 mins)
It could be wedding bells for Michael unless Beverly has her way.
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Series 4 Episode 12 My Two Sons (25 mins)
Michael is put in charge of redundancies at the bank and Sean gets things going at the barbershop.
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Series 4 Episode 11 Go with the Flo (25 mins)
Matthew's forceful sister Florence arrives from Africa to fetch him home. For good. Matthew is less than thrilled.
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Series 4 Episode 10 Art Attack (25 mins)
Gloria falls head-over-heels in love with an artist. Never one to miss an opportunity, Desmond falls heavily in lust with art.
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Series 4 Episode 9 Money Can'T Buy Me Love (24 mins)
In a desperate bid to improve his social standing, Michael falls for glamorous nightclub owner Rochelle Jackson.
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Series 4 Episode 8 Susu Again (25 mins)
Porkpie is bitten by the lovebug when an old flame from the West Indies turns up at the shop.
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Series 4 Episode 7 Too Red Eye (25 mins)
Can Desmond outbid his old rival Baldwin Martin in the immortality stakes?
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Series 4 Episode 6 The Kid (25 mins)
Shirley invites problem-child Daisy for the weekend and she drives everyone up the wall .
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Series 4 Episode 5 Calypso (25 mins)
Desmond meets a ghost from his past and thinks it's the end of his marriage.
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Series 4 Episode 4 Lee's Journey (25 mins)
Lee goes to Liverpool in search of his mother, unaware that she's already come to London to look for him.
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Series 4 Episode 3 Growing Pains (25 mins)
Lee wonders who his parents are. Meanwhile, Michael takes Spanish lessons from Mandy.
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Series 4 Episode 2 Flats, Lies and Videotape (25 mins)
Things soon go horribly wrong when Lee tries to make a Jeremy Beadle-style video for 'You've Been Framed'.
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Series 4 Episode 1 All Things Bright (25 mins)
A reluctant Sean and Desmond are bamboozled into cooking for the Sunday School outing.
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Series 3
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Series 3 Episode 13 The Prodigal (24 mins)
The barber shop's finances are a bit shaky, so Michael offers to lend a hand. His efficiency causes more than a few problems which are solved by a good old-fashioned story-telling session.
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Series 3 Episode 12 Too Young (25 mins)
Desmond is having trouble sleeping and is advised to take up exercise. At first scornful, his tracksuited contemporary Bert shames him into fitness after beating him easily in a race for…
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Series 3 Episode 11 Roots Tradition (25 mins)
Desmond and Shirley think it's time Michael appreciated his roots and Sean engages Matthew to tell them about theirs.
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Series 3 Episode 10 Dobbin (25 mins)
When kids smash a window in the barbershop Desmond is furious at first, but, realising that they have nowhere to play, sets out to get the council to renovate the playground.
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Series 3 Episode 9 Daydreams (24 mins)
Desmond catches Shirley looking at house brochures, and despite her assurances that she was just allowing herself a little daydream, insists that the Ambroses will not move until they…
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Series 3 Episode 8 Driving Me Crazy (24 mins)
It's a testing time for Michael and Patricia when she decides to take a holiday without him. And Desmond is encouraged to take his driving test again, with disastrous consequences.
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Series 3 Episode 7 The Waiting Game (25 mins)
While Desmond and Shirley get ready for a plush evening out at the Hilton, Gloria plans to take advantage of her parents' absence to help Louise carry out a pregnancy test.
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Series 3 Episode 6 Vanity Merchants: (25 mins)
Gloria and Louise have a great new idea - they are going to start a men's beauty business. Shirley is dubious, but Desmond agrees.
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Series 3 Episode 5 Relative Strangers (25 mins)
Porkpie is earning a little pin money by helping out at the barbershop and the first customer he meets turns out to be his long lost daughter Denise, now a medical student, who hasn't seen…
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Series 3 Episode 4 Smokeless Fuming (25 mins)
Sean is behaving badly at school. When his diary falls into the wrong hands, the reason why becomes clear.
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Series 3 Episode 3 A Day in the Life (25 mins)
A TV crew comes to make a documentary about the barbershop. Meanwhile Porkpie dreams of fame - and vegetables.
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Series 3 Episode 2 The Peckham Pimpernel (25 mins)
An anonymous letter to Desmond starts a detective-style mystery. Who sent it and why?
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Series 3 Episode 1 The Head Hunter (25 mins)
Hairdresser April Buchanan gives Shirley a part-time job and makes Desmond an offer he cannot refuse.
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Series 2
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Series 2 Episode 13 Thirty Year Itch (25 mins)
The last episode of the series coincides with Desmond and Shirley's wedding anniversary - and Michael is bringing a girlfriend home.
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Series 2 Episode 12 Auntie Susu (25 mins)
Auntie Susu pays a surprise visit from Jamaica, but the biggest surprise is what she's brought with her.
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Series 2 Episode 11 Kung You (25 mins)
When Beverley gets mugged, Shirley decides that it's time for self-defence lessons at the barber shop.
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Series 2 Episode 10 Here Comes the Sun (25 mins)
Porkpie mounts a protest against the Channel Tunnel rail link and Gloria steels herself for her exam results.
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Series 2 Episode 9 Stop the World, I Want to Get Off (25 mins)
Shirley is down in the dumps, but Desmond is too preoccupied with a dominoes contest to take any notice.
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Series 2 Episode 8 For Love or Money (24 mins)
Desmond and Porkpie surf a wave of nostalgia over the music they used to make.
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Series 2 Episode 7 Porkpies (25 mins)
Matthew is in a panic because his sister is arriving from Africa.
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Series 2 Episode 6 Reunion (25 mins)
Five years ago, Desmond's eldest son Michael made a pact with his university pals to meet up on a certain date and compare progress. Now, the occasion is looming and Michael is getting…
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Series 2 Episode 5 A Microwave, Five Men and a Nappy (24 mins)
Shirley and the kids are away from the barber shop for the weekend and Desmond reckons that he is off the leash, until a generous gesture leaves him holding the baby.
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Series 2 Episode 4 Veronica: (25 mins)
Love and gossip are in the air at Desmond's. Sean is all wrapped up in a young computer buff called Veronica - and everyone else is all wrapped up in talking about it.
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Series 2 Episode 3 'Old De Front Page Again (25 mins)
The second of a two-part story, the dramatic siege continues at Desmond's: twelve hostages, two dangerous youths and a gun make for some hair-raising comedy.
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Series 2 Episode 2 'Old De Front Page (25 mins)
It's a noisy Wednesday at Desmond's with a lot of police activity in the street outside. When Beverley arrives hotfoot with some news, the reason becomes clear.
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Series 2 Episode 1 The Treatment: (25 mins)
When Desmond is taken ill, everyone at the barber shop wonders how long he's got left and what he meant to them.
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Series 1
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Series 1 Episode 6 Sad News (25 mins)
Gloria is excited by the prospect of her date with an up-and-coming politician, but Desmond and Shirley get some sad news about their old friend Sweetsticks.
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Series 1 Episode 5 A Surprise for Porkpie (25 mins)
There's disappointment at Desmond's barber shop when Porkpie can't bring himself to join in the birthday celebrations for Shirley.
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Series 1 Episode 4 Hello Auntie Susu (25 mins)
Shirley is feeling overworked and overweight, but her lively big sister Susu is coming all the way from Jamaica to see her and Desmond hopes that this might cheer her up.
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Series 1 Episode 3 Expansion Plans (25 mins)
The plans of Michael, Desmond's eldest son, for expanding the business don't go down too well - as Desmond begins to feel somewhat redundant.
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Series 1 Episode 2 The Offer (25 mins)
When a smooth-talking businessman makes an offer for the business, Desmond considers selling up and retiring in luxury to Guyana.
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Series 1 Episode 1 French Lessons (25 mins)
Today is no ordinary day in the Ambrose household. A beautiful stranger, a 'male order man' and a handsome French teacher are all destined to enter their lives...
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