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Premiered

Sunday, June 11, 1995

Ended: Sunday, July 9, 1995

When does Oliver's Travels Season 1 come out?

Oliver's Travels Season 1 premiered Sunday, June 11, 1995 on PBS and ended Sunday, July 9, 1995. The season has 5 episodes.

Oliver is a middle-aged lecturer in Comparative Religion, with a passion for trivia, crosswords, and anagrams, and a very strange sense of humour. Having been fired from the University of the Rhondda Valley, and with no family ties, he decides to set off on a quest to find 'Aristotle', a setter of crosswords. He teams up with WPC Diane Priest, who has just been suspended for asking too many questions about a local murder that seems to implicate the Chief Constable. Pursued by 'The Man with No Name', the unlikely duo visit Shrewsbury, North Yorkshire, Durham, Hadrian's Wall, and Kirkleven in the Scottish highlands on their journey to find 'Aristotle' in the Orkney Isles.

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Oliver's Travels Season 1 release schedule

Oliver's Travels Season 1 episode release dates
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1. Looking for Aristotle

Oliver is an involuntarily retired professor with a yen for Beethoven, Jazz and puzzles of all kinds. Diane Priest is a WPC (Woman Police Constable) whose suspicions about a superior officer get her booted from the force. They team up on a journey that Oliver thinks will lead to love, since Diane's statement "Diane, not Priest" is an anagram for "predestination." She thinks he's a loony, but is intrigued by his promise to tell her "the very funny thing I know about sex."

Sunday · 31 years ago

2. Land of My Fathers

Though Oliver is bound for the Orkneys to find Aristotle, Diane declares she is only going as far as Shrewsbury. But after some successful undercover work there, Diane decides to travel a little further with Oliver. He takes her to the deserted mining town where he grew up. Then she takes over the wheel.

Sunday · 31 years ago

3. Why Did We Eat the Frogs

Diane decides to make her connection to Oliver temporarily permanent and the couple exchanges "vows" on sacred ground. They begin their "honeymoon" at an inn with a proprietress who is delighted to play along. Next day at Hadrian's Wall, their union is blessed with the surprise appearance of a son. They plot their next move when Oliver discovers that Aristotle is giving them clues to the mystery in the crosswords.

Sunday · 31 years ago

4. The Farquhar Connection

At the palatial digs of the groovy Baron Kite, Oliver and Diane discover the link between the murder victims and the Farquhar Group. The hospitable baron follows up with an aerial assault. Only divine intervention gets them on the Orkney boat. Meanwhile, Michael discovers that his hacker friend is still in jail, but has left behind a girl as talented as he is.

Sunday · 31 years ago

5. Do We Look Like That? Finale

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.

Sunday · 31 years ago

Oliver's Travels Season 1 guest stars

  • Bill Paterson

    Bill Paterson

    Baxter

  • Morgan Jones

    Morgan Jones

    Michael Priest

  • Peter Vaughan

    Peter Vaughan

    Delaney

  • Miles Anderson

    Miles Anderson

    Baron Kite

  • Charlotte Coleman

    Charlotte Coleman

    Cathy

  • Sophie Uliano

    Sara

  • Michael Byrne

    Michael Byrne

    Moody

  • Sue Roderick

    Norma Moody

  • Robert Blythe

    Robert Blythe

    Sgt Willis

  • Richard Davies

    Richard Davies

    Signwriter

  • Muriel Pavlow

    Muriel Pavlow

    Librarian

  • John H. Francis

    Landlord

  • Brinley Jenkins

    Boswell

  • Ian Tucker

    Hotel Bellboy

  • Lisa George

    Nicola

  • Noni Lewis

    Noni Lewis

    Student

Oliver's Travels Season 1 FAQ

When does Oliver's Travels Season 1 come out?

Oliver's Travels Season 1 premiered Sunday, June 11, 1995 on PBS.

How many episodes are in Oliver's Travels Season 1?

Oliver's Travels Season 1 has 5 episodes.

Are new episodes of Oliver's Travels Season 1 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the Oliver's Travels Season 1 finale?

The Oliver's Travels Season 1 finale (Episode 5) aired Sunday, July 9, 1995.

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