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Oliver’s Travels (1000) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1000 · 250 mins · English
- Directed by
- Giles Foster
- Starring
- Alan Bates, Bill Paterson, Peter Vaughan, Richard Davies, Michael Byrne, Sue Roderick
An eccentric professor and a policewoman team up to chase criminals while discovering romance. The five‑part series, written by Alan Plater and starring Alan Bates, Sinéad Cusack, Bill Paterson and Miles Anderson, debuted in the UK in 1995. Bates plays Oliver, a word‑game lover and comparative‑religion lecturer whose university post is cut. He uses his newfound free time to visit his favourite crossword compiler, ‘Aristotle’, only to find the house ransacked and the compiler vanished, prompting a curious investigation.
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