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No. of series
  
4

Producer(s)
  
Granada Television

First episode date
  
14 March 1977

Network
  
ITV

Program creator
  
Geoffrey Lancashire

7.2/10
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Created by
  
Geoffrey Lancashire

No. of episodes
  
26

Running time
  
26 minutes per episode

Final episode date
  
7 August 1980

Number of episodes
  
26

The Cuckoo Waltz Cuckoo Waltz The ITV 19761980 Diane Keen David Roper

Starring
  
Diane KeenDavid RoperLewis Collins

Cast
  
Lewis Collins, Diane Keen, David Roper, Joanna Lumley, Ian Saynor

Similar
  
Rings on Their Fingers, You Must Be The Husband, The Professionals, The Grimleys, CI5: The New Professionals

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The Cuckoo Waltz was a British television sitcom made by Granada Television for the ITV network between 1975 and 1977 and in 1980, written by Geoffrey Lancashire, produced and directed by Bill Gilmour.

Contents

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.

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The series was re-screened by now defunct Satellite TV channel Granada Plus in the late 1990s and early to mid-2000s.

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Cast

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  • Diane Keen as Fliss Hawthorne
  • David Roper as Chris Hawthorne
  • Lewis Collins as Gavin Rumsey (series 1-3)
  • Clare Kelly as Connie Wagstaffe
  • John McKelvey as Austen Tweedale
  • Ian Saynor as Adrian Lockett (from series 4)

    • Series 1 (1975)

  • Cuckoo in the Nest (27 October 75)
  • One Week Later (3 November 75)
  • Paying Your Way (10 November 75)
  • The Anniversary (17 November 75)
  • A Day Of (24 November 75)
  • Fleet Street (1 December 75)
  • House for Sale (8 December 75)

    • Series 2 (1976)

  • Babysitter (8 July 76)
  • Financial Difficulties (15 July 76)
  • The Armchair (22 July 76)
  • Connie (29 July 76)
  • The Model (5 August 76)
  • The Letter (12 August 76)

    • Series 3 (1977)

  • It's All Greek to Me (7 February 77)
  • The Treat (14 February 77)
  • The Air Hostesses (21 February 77)
  • The Policeman (28 February 77)
  • Perspectives (7 March 77)
  • Alterations (14 March 77)

    • Series 4 (1980)

  • The New Lodger (3 July 80)
  • The Neighbour (10 July 80)
  • Leather (17 July 80)
  • A Love That Does Not Dim (24 July 80)
  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (31 July 80)
  • The Press Ball (7 August 80)
  • An Ideal Home (14 August 80)

    • DVD release

    All four series of The Cuckoo Waltz have been released on DVD in 2009 and 2011, and a box set with the complete series to follow.

    References

    The Cuckoo Waltz Wikipedia
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