Oliver's Travels
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.
Seasons
Mini Series
5 episodes
Cast
Sinéad Cusack
WPC Diane Priest
Alan Bates
Oliver
Bill Paterson
Baxter
Morgan Jones
Michael Priest
Peter Vaughan
Delaney
Charlotte Coleman
Cathy
Sophie Uliano
Sara
Michael Byrne
Moody
Sue Roderick
Norma Moody
Mollie Sugden
Mrs. Robson
