The Cuckoo Waltz

The Cuckoo Waltz
GenreSitcom
Created byGeoffrey Lancashire
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes26
Production
Running time26 minutes
Production companyGranada Television
Original release
NetworkITV
Release27 October 1975 (1975-10-27) –
7 August 1980 (1980-08-07)
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The Cuckoo Waltz is a British television sitcom produced by Granada Television for the ITV network between 27 October 1975 and 7 August 1980. It was written by Geoffrey Lancashire, and produced and directed by Bill Gilmour.

The series, which was set in 1970s and early 1980s Manchester, dealt with the comic complications that ensue when impoverished newly-weds Chris and Fliss Hawthorne (David Roper and Diane Keen) take in lodger Gavin Rumsey (Lewis Collins) to ease their financial problems. Collins left after three series and was replaced by Ian Saynor as Adrian Lockett in the fourth series.

The series was re-screened by now defunct satellite TV channel Granada Plus in the late 1990s and early to mid-2000s, and by Rewind TV in 2024,[1] alongside other Granada sitcoms like Surgical Spirit[2] and Watching.[3]