Chalk and Cheese was a sitcom television show, featuring Michael Crawford and Robin Hawdon.
[2] The concept began life as an earlier one-off comedy in 1977 called Spasms, which was re-cast and remade as the first episode of the series.
Only Hawdon remained in his part from the original one-off comedy, since Jonathan Pryce, playing the other character, was occupied elsewhere.
Crawford starred as Dave Finn, a scruffy, sexist and outspoken Cockney who lives in an otherwise genteel, well-to-do street, much to the annoyance of his neighbours.
The series, made by Thames Television, came on the back of the success of Crawford playing Frank Spencer in the BBC's hugely popular Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.