Oliver's Travels (1995)

Adventure · Comedy · Drama

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.

IMDb rating: 8.2 (370 votes)
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: Mini-series

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Cast

Sinéad Cusack WPC Diane Priest
Alan Bates Oliver
Bill Paterson Baxter
Morgan Jones Michael Priest
Peter Vaughan Delaney
Charlotte Coleman Cathy

Seasons

Season 1 (1995)

7.76 avg 5 episodes 7.8 → 7.3

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Looking for Aristotle	7.8	13
2	Land of My Fathers	8.1	9
3	Why Did We Eat the Frogs?	7.9	9
4	The Farquhar Connection	7.7	9
5	Do We Look Like That?	7.3	8