Graham Linehan
Director
Hippies (1999)
Miniseries
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.
Released Nov. 12, 1999
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: tmdb.magazine, tmdb.miniseries, tmdb.counter-culture, tmdb.1960s, imdb.british-tv, imdb.hippie, imdb.british-comedy + 5 more, imdb.sitcom, imdb.1960s, imdb.sitcom-comedy, tmdb.sitcom, tmdb.hippie
Production Companies: TalkBack Productions
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Protesting Hippies
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.
Nov. 12, 1999, midnight
S1E2 - Hairy Hippies
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.
Nov. 19, 1999, midnight
S1E3 - Sexy Hippies
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.
Nov. 26, 1999, midnight
S1E4 - Hippy Dippy Hippies
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.
Dec. 3, 1999, midnight
S1E5 - Muddy Hippies
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.
Dec. 10, 1999, midnight
S1E6 - Disgusting Hippies
Ray rashly allows two schoolboys to write and edit an issue and quickly finds himself in court on a charge of obscenity.
Dec. 17, 1999, midnight
BBC Two
30 min/ep
180 min
Nov. 12, 1999
Dec. 17, 1999, midnight
Ended
NR
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