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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 337684" data-attributes="member: 23">Predictably, A.J. Wentworth, B.A. fizzled out last night with yet another non-story.Compared with most episodes, the final scene was at least semi-memorable, with Arthur Lowe doing tipsy very well - hair sticking out on one side and wobbling nicely as he tries to conduct a conversation with the headmaster while holding on to a door frame. We left him disappearing round the corner of a corridor singing, before hearing a crash from the inevitable offscreen fall.It&#039;s hard to say what might have become of this series had Lowe not died. I have no idea how it was received at the time, and even those stats would be influenced by the audience&#039;s knowledge that Lowe had died. Perhaps some watched out of fondness or simply because Lowe&#039;s death had been reported. Perhaps others were put off watching by knowing that it couldn&#039;t run beyond its six episodes. Who can say.As said, I did find the much of the series a bit of a struggle to watch. There was little that grabbed me in terms of the writing and I found myself tuning out quite a bit. However, if memory serves, the earliest episodes of Last Of The Summer Wine had a similarly aimless kind of tone and I quickly overcame that to thoroughly enjoy the remaining 30 series!!As it is, Wentworth remains a simple curio, and of historic interest due to Lowe&#039;s death. There&#039;s little more to it, but there is a kind of rightness to seeing him bow out of sitcoms playing a character who shares characteristics with some of his more beloved roles.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 337684, member: 23"] Predictably, [I]A.J. Wentworth, B.A.[/I] fizzled out last night with yet another non-story. Compared with most episodes, the final scene was at least semi-memorable, with Arthur Lowe doing tipsy very well - hair sticking out on one side and wobbling nicely as he tries to conduct a conversation with the headmaster while holding on to a door frame. We left him disappearing round the corner of a corridor singing, before hearing a crash from the inevitable offscreen fall. It's hard to say what might have become of this series had Lowe not died. I have no idea how it was received at the time, and even those stats would be influenced by the audience's knowledge that Lowe had died. Perhaps some watched out of fondness or simply because Lowe's death had been reported. Perhaps others were put off watching by knowing that it couldn't run beyond its six episodes. Who can say. As said, I did find the much of the series a bit of a struggle to watch. There was little that grabbed me in terms of the writing and I found myself tuning out quite a bit. However, if memory serves, the earliest episodes of [I]Last Of The Summer Wine [/I]had a similarly aimless kind of tone and I quickly overcame that to thoroughly enjoy the remaining 30 series!! As it is, [I]Wentworth[/I] remains a simple curio, and of historic interest due to Lowe's death. There's little more to it, but there is a kind of rightness to seeing him bow out of sitcoms playing a character who shares characteristics with some of his more beloved roles. [/QUOTE]

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