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Oliver's Travels(1995)

ComedyDrama
First Air Date: 1995-06-11
Average Runtime: 50m
Rating: 6.0
Votes: 4
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 5

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.

Keywords

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Seasons & Episodes

Mini Series

Episodes: 5
E01
Looking for Aristotle

Air Date: 1995-06-11

50m

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

E02
Land of My Fathers

Air Date: 1995-06-18

50m

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

E03
Why Did We Eat the Frogs

Air Date: 1995-06-25

50m

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

E04
The Farquhar Connection

Air Date: 1995-07-02

50m

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

E05
Do We Look Like That?

Air Date: 1995-07-09

50m

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

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Top 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
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Sophie Uliano
Sara
Michael Byrne
Michael Byrne
Moody
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Sue Roderick
Norma Moody
Mollie Sugden
Mollie Sugden
Mrs. Robson
Iain Cuthbertson
Iain Cuthbertson
Davidson
Richard Davies
Richard Davies
Signwriter