TV series

Hippies

Name: Hippies
Released: 1999
Cast: Simon Pegg, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Sally Phillips, Darren Boyd

1999· 1 season· 30 min episodes★ 7.4Ended

On BBC Two — From TalkBack Productions

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Synopsis

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.

Themes

hippie magazine miniseries counter-culture sitcom 1960s

Episodes

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E1 Protesting HippiesNext upNov 12, 1999 · 30 min
Synopsis
Jerry 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.
Guest stars: John Benfield (Dad), Geraldine McNulty (Mum), Rolf Saxon (Jerry Gurvitz), Kevin Eldon (Peter Mountstewart), Paul Shearer (Desmond Kemp), Nigel Williams (Salesman), Peter Yapp (Salesman), John Bardon (Security Guard)
E2 Hairy HippiesNov 19, 1999 · 30 min
Synopsis
Ray 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.
Guest stars: John Benfield (Dad), Geraldine McNulty (Mum), Peter Serafinowicz (Robin), Dora Bryan (Dame Nelly Fletcher), Maggie Holland (Auntie Peg), Camilla Bullus (Vicky)
E3 Sexy HippiesNov 26, 1999 · 30 min
Synopsis
Free 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.
Guest stars: John Benfield (Dad), Simon Kunz (Professor Rickman), Eleanor Bron (Gloria), Clara Bellar (Claudette), Peter Cooney (Dr Terry Phelps), Arthur Mathews (Irish Folk Singer)
E4 Hippy Dippy HippiesDec 3, 1999 · 30 min
Synopsis
The 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.
Guest stars: John Benfield (Dad), Geraldine McNulty (Mum), Simon Kunz (Professor Rickman), Peter Serafinowicz (Narrator (voice)), James Woolley (Professor Curry), Roger Watkins (Policeman Phil), Pearce Quigley (Policeman Eric)
E5 Muddy HippiesDec 10, 1999 · 30 min
Synopsis
The hippies attend a typical summer pop festival in a cold, wet, muddy field in the rain with terrible toilets. Ray unwisely purchases a car.
Guest stars: Simon Kunz (Professor Rickman), John Quayle (Mr Wilcox), Tony Xu (Professor Yang), Dave Lamb (Art Ledger)
E6 Disgusting HippiesDec 17, 1999 · 30 min
Synopsis
Ray rashly allows two schoolboys to write and edit an issue and quickly finds himself in court on a charge of obscenity.
Guest stars: John Benfield (Dad), Geraldine McNulty (Mum), Iain Mitchell (Simon Goblatt), Peter Howell (Judge), Ben Ridgeway (Adrian), Alex Dawson (Cyril), Roland Oliver (Usher), James Doherty (Film Director (uncredited))