Oliver's Travels
11/06/1995
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.
TV Show Information
Sinéad Cusack
as WPC Diane Priest
Alan Bates
as Oliver
Bill Paterson
as Baxter
Morgan Jones
as Michael Priest
Peter Vaughan
as Delaney
Charlotte Coleman
as Cathy
Sophie Uliano
as Sara
Michael Byrne
as Moody
Sue Roderick
as Norma Moody
Mollie Sugden
as Mrs. Robson
Iain Cuthbertson
as Davidson
Richard Davies
as Signwriter
