TV series
Oliver's Travels
1995, English, on PBS & BBC One Wales. Created by Alan Plater.
An eccentric professor and a policewoman pursue criminals and find love.
Oliver is a middle-aged lecturer in Comparative Religion, with a passion for trivia, crosswords, and anagrams, and a very strange sense of humour. Having been fired from the University of the Rhondda Valley, and with no family ties, he decides to set off on a quest to find 'Aristotle', a setter of crosswords. He teams up with WPC Diane Priest, who has just been suspended for asking too many questions about a local murder that seems to implicate the Chief Constable. Pursued by 'The Man with No Name', the unlikely duo visit Shrewsbury, North Yorkshire, Durham, Hadrian's Wall, and Kirkleven in the Scottish highlands on their journey to find 'Aristotle' in the Orkney Isles.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 5
- Episode length
- 50 min
- Status
- Ended in 1995
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Latest episode
S1 E5: Do We Look Like That?
Aired 9 July 1995
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
- Alan PlaterCreator
- Alan BatesOliver · 5 ep
- Sinéad CusackWPC Diane Priest · 5 ep
- Bill PatersonBaxter · 4 ep
- Morgan JonesMichael Priest · 3 ep
- Peter VaughanDelaney · 2 ep
- Miles AndersonBaron Kite · 2 ep
- Charlotte ColemanCathy · 2 ep
- Sophie UlianoSara · 2 ep
- Michael ByrneMoody · 1 ep
- Sue RoderickNorma Moody · 1 ep
- Robert BlytheSgt Willis · 1 ep
- Richard DaviesSignwriter · 1 ep
Details
- First aired
- 11 June 1995
- Last aired
- 9 July 1995
- Network
- PBS, BBC One Wales
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Miniseries
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What Oliver's Travels is based on
Oliver's Travels is adapted from a novel.
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Oliver's Travels has 1 season and 5 episodes, about 50 minutes each.
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What shows are like Oliver's Travels?
If you liked Oliver's Travels, try Mannix, The Saint, Missing.
Who created Oliver's Travels?
Oliver's Travels was created by Alan Plater and stars Alan Bates, Sinéad Cusack, Bill Paterson.
What is Oliver's Travels based on?
Oliver's Travels is adapted from a novel.