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
Norman Lewis (grammarian) Norman Lewis (grammarian) Norman Lewis (born December 30, 1912 in Brooklyn, New York – died September 8, 2006 in Whittier, California) was an author, grammarian, lexicographer, and etymologist. Lewis was a leading authority on English-language skills, whose best-selling "30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary" published by Pocket Books in 1971 promised to teach readers "how to make words your slaves" in fifteen minutes a day.. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1912, Lewis was orphaned at 5 and raised by an older sister and her husband. At eleven, he published his first article, a book report that appeared in