Hippies (1999)

11/12/1999 (GB) • 30m

Comedy

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Simon Pegg

Ray Purbbs

6 Episodes

Julian Rhind-Tutt

Alex Picton-Dinch

6 Episodes

Sally Phillips

Jill Sprint

6 Episodes

Darren Boyd

Hugo Yemp

6 Episodes


Last Season

Miniseries

1999 | 6 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.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

English

Keywords

hippie

magazine

miniseries

counter-culture

sitcom

1960s

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