Basic Info

First Air: June 11, 1995

Rating: ⭐ 5.0/10 (3 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 5

Last Episode

Name: Do We Look Like That?

Season: 1, Episode: 5

Air Date: 1995-07-09

Runtime: 50 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 has a final surprise.

Videos

BBC1 Trail for Oliver's Travels - 6th June 1995 (YouTube)

Oliver's Travels

1995 1 seasons 5 episodes ⭐ 5.0/10 3 votes

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.