Oliver's Travels
"An eccentric professor and a policewoman pursue criminals and find love."
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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.
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Language: English
Cast & Crew
- Cast:Sinéad Cusack , Alan Bates , Bill Paterson , Morgan Jones , Peter Vaughan , Charlotte Coleman , Sophie Uliano , Michael Byrne
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