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
Backs to the Land Backs to the Land Backs to the Land is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1977 to 1978. Starring Philippa Howell, Terese Stevens and Marilyn Galsworthy, "Backs to the Land" is set during World War II. It was written by David Climie and the theme song was sung by World War II sweetheart Anne Shelton. It was made for the ITV network by Anglia Television. "Backs to the Land" starts in 1940 with three young women who are in the Women's Land Army going to work in a farm to replace the men who have gone to war.