Hippies

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.

First Air Date: 1999-11-12

Last Air Date: 1999-12-17

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 6

Created By: Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews

Networks: BBC Two

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Top Cast

Simon Pegg as Ray Purbbs
Julian Rhind-Tutt as Alex Picton-Dinch
Sally Phillips as Jill Sprint
Darren Boyd as Hugo Yemp
John Benfield as Dad
Geraldine McNulty as Mum
Simon Kunz as Professor Rickman
Peter Serafinowicz as Robin
Rolf Saxon as Jerry Gurvitz
Kevin Eldon as Peter Mountstewart

Seasons

Miniseries (1999)

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.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Protesting Hippies (1999-11-12)

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.
Ep. 2: Hairy Hippies (1999-11-19)

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.
Ep. 3: Sexy Hippies (1999-11-26)

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.
Ep. 4: Hippy Dippy Hippies (1999-12-03)

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.
Ep. 5: Muddy Hippies (1999-12-10)

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.
Ep. 6: Disgusting Hippies (1999-12-17)

Ray rashly allows two schoolboys to write and edit an issue and quickly finds himself in court on a charge of obscenity.