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Oliver's Travels

TV series

Oliver's Travels

6/ 10· 4199550 min1 season · 5 episodes
ComedyDrama

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

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.

Created by
Giles Foster

Seasons and episodes

1 season · 5 episodes

Ended
Mini Series

Mini Series

5 episodesJune 11, 1995
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  1. 1
    S1 E1

    Looking for Aristotle

    Jun 11, 199550 min

    Oliver is an involuntarily retired professor with a yen for Beethoven, Jazz and puzzles of all kinds. Diane Priest is a WPC (Woman Police Constable) whose suspicions about a superior officer get her booted from the force. They team up on

  2. 2
    S1 E2

    Land of My Fathers

    Jun 18, 199550 min

    Though Oliver is bound for the Orkneys to find Aristotle, Diane declares she is only going as far as Shrewsbury. But after some successful undercover work there, Diane decides to travel a little further with Oliver. He takes her to the de

  3. 3
    S1 E3

    Why Did We Eat the Frogs

    Jun 25, 199550 min

    Diane decides to make her connection to Oliver temporarily permanent and the couple exchanges "vows" on sacred ground. They begin their "honeymoon" at an inn with a proprietress who is delighted to play along. Next day at Hadrian's Wall,

  4. 4
    S1 E4

    The Farquhar Connection

    Jul 2, 199550 min

    At the palatial digs of the groovy Baron Kite, Oliver and Diane discover the link between the murder victims and the Farquhar Group. The hospitable baron follows up with an aerial assault. Only divine intervention gets them on the Orkney

  5. 5
    S1 E5

    Do We Look Like That?

    Jul 9, 199550 min

    Oliver and Diane find Aristotle's home but are too late to meet Aristotle. But then who is doing the current crosswords? Michael manages to get a long incriminating fax to his mother that wraps up the case, and the persistent Mr. Baxter h

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Oliver's Travels has 1 season and 5 episodes. Status: Ended.
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Oliver's Travels has ended; no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on July 9, 1995.
Who stars in Oliver's Travels?
Oliver's Travels stars Sinéad Cusack, Alan Bates, Bill Paterson, Morgan Jones, Sophie Uliano.

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