Underplayed Gems

The Cuckoo Waltz (1975)

The Cuckoo Waltz poster
Directed by
Bill Gilmour
Genre
sitcom
Country
United Kingdom
Length
4 seasons, 26 episodes
Rated
PG
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young married couple in 1970s Manchester takes in a lodger to help with money. The series follows the funny situations that come from sharing their home.

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What happens

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. Since 2024, it has been shown by Rewind TV, along with other Granada sitcoms such as Surgical Spirit and Watching. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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