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.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Looking for Aristotle | 1995-06-11 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Land of My Fathers | 1995-06-18 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Why Did We Eat the Frogs | 1995-06-25 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | The Farquhar Connection | 1995-07-02 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Do We Look Like That? | 1995-07-09 | 60 min |
| Directing | Giles Foster | Director |
| Production | Richard J. Staniforth | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Carl Davis | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Dick Allen | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pamela Haddock | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mécheal Taylor | Costume Design |
| Production | David Cunliffe | Producer |
| Production | Ray Townsend | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Richard Dyer | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Sean Van Hales | Director of Photography |
| Production | Ruth Caleb | Executive Producer |
| Production | Andy Pryor | Casting |
| Production | Gail Stevens | Casting |
