▁in ▁" The ▁Cult ▁of ▁... ▁Adam ▁Adam ant !" ▁that ▁the ▁programme ▁ended ▁because ▁The ▁Aven gers ▁was ▁a ▁" sex ier , ▁s lick er , ▁better - fund ed " ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁concept . ▁The ▁programme ' s ▁largest ▁fan ▁website ▁coun ters ▁by ▁saying ▁that ▁Sydney ▁New man , ▁as ▁the ▁BBC ' s ▁Head ▁of ▁Television ▁D rama , ▁cancel led ▁the ▁show ▁" due ▁to ▁a ▁difference ▁of ▁opinion ▁between ▁himself ▁and ▁his ▁star ". ▁An ▁Aven gers ▁fans ite ▁agre es ▁with ▁both ▁assess ments . ▁It ▁says ▁that ▁the ▁production ▁values ▁didn ' t ▁match ▁The ▁Aven gers ▁and ▁that ▁despite ▁good ▁ratings ▁" New man ▁wasn ' t ▁happy ▁with ▁the ▁show ▁overall , ▁and ▁the ▁star ▁in ▁particular ." ▁Adam ▁Adam ant ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁several ▁shows ▁dis owned ▁by ▁the ▁BBC ▁despite ▁their ▁popular ity : ▁other ▁examples ▁include ▁the ▁highly ▁popular ▁Paul ▁Temple ▁with ▁Francis ▁Matt he ws ▁and ▁Ros ▁Dr ink water , ▁and ▁Ver ity ▁Lam bert ' s ▁later ▁series ▁Virtual ▁Mur der ▁with ▁Nicholas ▁Clay ▁and ▁Kim ▁Thom son . ▁ ▁E pisode ▁list ▁ ▁The ▁un trans m itted ▁pilot ▁episode , ▁" Ad am ▁Adam ant ▁L ives ", ▁now ▁no ▁longer ▁exists ▁in ▁the ▁BBC ▁Archives , ▁and ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁lost . ▁ ▁All ▁of ▁Series ▁One , ▁with ▁the ▁exception ▁of ▁" T icket ▁to ▁T error ", ▁is ▁held ▁by ▁the ▁BBC . ▁Series ▁Two ▁has ▁not ▁f