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Oliver's Travels

Oliver's Travels

Oliver's Travels

1995 1 Seasons 5 Episodes ⭐ 6.0 Comedy Drama

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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Looking for Aristotle

Oliver is an involuntarily retired professor with a yen for Beethoven, Jazz and puzzles of all kinds. Diane Priest is a

EP 2

Land of My Fathers

Though Oliver is bound for the Orkneys to find Aristotle, Diane declares she is only going as far as Shrewsbury. But af

EP 3

Why Did We Eat the Frogs

Diane decides to make her connection to Oliver temporarily permanent and the couple exchanges "vows" on sacred ground.

EP 4

The Farquhar Connection

At the palatial digs of the groovy Baron Kite, Oliver and Diane discover the link between the murder victims and the Far

EP 5

Do We Look Like That?

Oliver and Diane find Aristotle's home but are too late to meet Aristotle. But then who is doing the current crosswords

Popular Cast

Sinéad Cusack

Sinéad Cusack

WPC Diane Priest

Alan Bates

Alan Bates

Oliver

Bill Paterson

Bill Paterson

Baxter

Morgan Jones

Morgan Jones

Michael Priest

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

Delaney

Charlotte Coleman

Charlotte Coleman

Cathy

Michael Byrne

Michael Byrne

Moody

Mollie Sugden

Mollie Sugden

Mrs. Robson

Iain Cuthbertson

Iain Cuthbertson

Davidson

Richard Davies

Richard Davies

Signwriter