of a sitcom and the Davey-Sarah relationship became a strand of the programme. Despite being heavily trailed by BBC One and moderate ratings for the first episode, the series was not a success. Essex later commented in an interview that he put it down to "the series not knowing quite what it wanted to be... nor indeed the BBC (knowing what they wanted it to be) either", also suggesting the series had suffered from poor direction and "wasn't what (he) had initially signed up for". Whilst the prospect of a second series at first seemed possible during filming, Essex stated that "...About three quarters of the way through the filming, I think it became apparent that we were going to be a one-run affair, as (the series) just didn't hang together well enough". External links 1988 British television series debuts 1988 British television series endings 1980s British sitcoms BBC television sitcoms Canals in fiction