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An eccentric professor and a policewoman pursue criminals and find love.

Overview

Oliver's Travels is a five-part television serial written by Alan Plater and starring Alan Bates, Sinéad Cusack, Bill Paterson, and Miles Anderson. It first aired in the UK in 1995.

Bates plays the titular Oliver, a keen word-game enthusiast and lecturer in comparative religion. After his teaching post is made redundant, he resolves to make use of his new wealth of free time by going to visit his favourite crossword compiler, 'Aristotle', with whom he has corresponded but whom he has never met. When he arrives, however, he finds Aristotle's house has been ransacked and its occupant has departed for parts unknown, and he sets out to discover why.

Series Cast

  1. Peter Vaughan as Delaney

    Peter Vaughan

    Delaney

    7 Episodes

  2. Michael Byrne as Moody

    Michael Byrne

    Moody

    6 Episodes

  3. Charlotte Coleman as Cathy

    Charlotte Coleman

    Cathy

    6 Episodes

  4. Sinéad Cusack as WPC Diane Priest

    Sinéad Cusack

    WPC Diane Priest

    5 Episodes

  5. Alan Bates as Oliver

    Alan Bates

    Oliver

    5 Episodes

  6. Bill Paterson as Baxter

    Bill Paterson

    Baxter

    5 Episodes

  7. Morgan Jones as Michael Priest

    Morgan Jones

    Michael Priest

    5 Episodes

  8. Sophie Uliano

    Sara

    5 Episodes

  9. Sue Roderick

    Norma Moody

    5 Episodes

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Last Season

Mini Series

1995 • 5 Episodes

Season 1 of Oliver's Travels premiered on June 11, 1995.

Do We Look Like That?

(1x5, July 9, 1995) Season Finale

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Status Ended

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Type Miniseries

Original Language English

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