Carmen Munroe 1967 "Doctor Who" story "The Enemy of the World"; a part in "General Hospital", in "The Persuaders" (1971), Barry Reckord's "In the Beautiful Caribbean" (BBC 1972), Alfred Fagon's "Shakespeare Country" (BBC 1973), "The Fosters" (LWT, 1976–77), Michael Abbensetts' "Black Christmas" (BBC, 1977), "Mixed Blessings" (1978–80), Horace Ové's "A Hole in Babylon" (BBC, 1979), and Caryl Phillips' "The Hope and the Glory" (BBC, 1984). Munroe became best known, however, for her regular appearances between 1989 and 1994 in the Channel 4 sitcom "Desmond's" (written by Trix Worrell) as Shirley, wife of the eponymous barber Desmond Ambrose, played by Norman Beaton. Her
British sitcom British sitcom A British sitcom or a Britcom is a situation comedy programme produced for British television. Although styles of sitcom have changed over the years they tend to be based on a family, workplace or other institution, where the same group of contrasting characters is brought together in each episode. British sitcoms are typically produced in one or more series of six episodes. Most such series are conceived and developed by one or two writers. The majority of British sitcoms are 30 minutes long and are recorded on studio sets in a multiple-camera setup. A subset of British comedy