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Oliver's Travels

6.0 5 Eps Comedy   Drama   1995

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.

  

Seasons (1)

Mini Series

Mini Series

5 Episodes

Casts of Mini Series

Sinéad Cusack

as WPC Diane Priest

Alan Bates

as Oliver

Bill Paterson

as Baxter

Morgan Jones

as Michael Priest

Peter Vaughan

as Delaney

Sophie Uliano

as Sara

Michael Byrne

as Moody

Sue Roderick

as Norma Moody

Mollie Sugden

as Mrs. Robson

Iain Cuthbertson

as Davidson

Richard Davies

as Signwriter

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