The Cuckoo Waltz
The Cuckoo Waltz is a British television sitcom produced by Granada Television for the ITV network between 1975 and 1977 and in 1980, written by Geoffrey Lancashire produced and directed by Bill Gilmour and produced by John G Temple.
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 take in lodger Gavin Rumsey 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.
Cast
- Diane Keen as Fliss Hawthorne
- David Roper as Chris Hawthorne
- Lewis Collins as Gavin Rumsey
- Clare Kelly as Connie Wagstaffe
- John McKelvey as Austen Tweedale
- Ian Saynor as Adrian Lockett
Episodes
Series 1 (1975)
- Cuckoo in the Nest
- One Week Later
- Paying Your Way
- The Anniversary
- A Day Of
- Fleet Street
- House for Sale
Series 2 (1976)
- Babysitter
- Financial Difficulties
- The Armchair
- Connie
- The Model
- The Letter
Series 3 (1977)
- It's All Greek to Me
- The Treat
- The Air Hostesses
- The Policeman
- Perspectives
- Alterations
Series 4 (1980)
- The New Lodger
- The Neighbour
- Leather
- A Love That Does Not Dim
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
- The Press Ball
- An Ideal Home
DVD release
| DVD | Release date |
| The Complete Series 1 | 4 May 2009 |
| The Complete Series 2 | 10 August 2009 |
| The Complete Series 3 | 21 March 2011 |
| The Complete Series 4 | 22 August 2011 |
| The Complete Series 1 to 4 Box Set | 3 December 2012 |