The melancholy theme music has me wondering if it was to highlight the sad undertow of a life destined to be lived at cross-purposes with others. It savours a little of the "Last of the Summer Wine" tune, which seems fitting. "My Name is Harry Worth" wasn't commissioned for a second series and Harry was never to recapture his glory days of the sixties. For my part, this show was my introduction to Harry Worth as a young boy and I loved it. The theme tune lingers in the memory, though, a beautiful tune composed by Nachum Heiman. For all that people laugh, there is a sadness in that opening scene, with Harry optimistically greeting one and all, only to see one and all run away. Harry still has me smiling all these years later, genial, gentle comedy from another era.
I think the B/W series had the edge on the latter series, music very somber for a comedy program , my favourite B/W episode is the one at the railway station . Thanks for posting
