Series
Hippies
Comedy
Hippies is a 1999 BBC Two comedy miniseries created by Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews, and written by Mathews. The six-episode series stars Simon Pegg, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Sally Phillips, and Darren Boyd as four wannabe hippies in 1969 swinging London, who run a counterculture magazine and strive to be as trendy as society will allow... even if they fail at every turn.
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Seasons & episodes
Four wannabe hippies in 1969 swinging London run a counterculture magazine and strive to be as trendy as society will allow... even if they fail at every turn.
1Protesting Hippies12 Nov 1999 · 30mJerry Gurvitz, self-styled 'Biggest Freak in the World', visits from Los Angeles. Eager to impress, Ray puts on a protest. Jerry takes a fancy to Ray's girlfriend and then finds an unattended bag of drugs.
2Hairy Hippies19 Nov 1999 · 30mRay and Alex grow beards; so does Jill...Ray is also putting on a new age-themed play but there are tensions in the cast with Ray's directing performance.
3Sexy Hippies26 Nov 1999 · 30mFree Love — Ray wants it, Alex is getting it, Jill is withholding it, and Hugo is banned from thinking about a specific part of it. Everyone else is just so liberated; even Alex's mother.
4Hippy Dippy Hippies3 Dec 1999 · 30mThe hippies have a whole print run stolen so they call the police; who they have just been really rude about. Jill is invited to sketch Rickman in a very natural pose.
5Muddy Hippies10 Dec 1999 · 30mThe hippies attend a typical summer pop festival in a cold, wet, muddy field in the rain with terrible toilets. Ray unwisely purchases a car.
6Disgusting Hippies17 Dec 1999 · 30mRay rashly allows two schoolboys to write and edit an issue and quickly finds himself in court on a charge of obscenity.
Details
- Created by
- Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews
- First aired
- 12 Nov 1999
- Last aired
- 17 Dec 1999
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 6
- Votes
- 14 on TMDB
Cast
Simon PeggRay Purbbs
Julian Rhind-TuttAlex Picton-Dinch
Sally PhillipsJill Sprint
Darren BoydHugo Yemp
