Hippies Comedy Programmes Television

Late-90s sitcom involving a band of middle-class poseurs who fail to make any impact on the Notting Hill Gate counterculture they so desperately wish to join. Created by Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews. Written by Arthur Mathews. Starring Simon Pegg, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Sally Phillips and Darren Boyd. First broadcast on BBC2 in November 1999.

• IMDb - Hippies - Viewer comments, with a full list of cast programmes and crew.
• Epguides - Hippies - Lists the title and air date for each hippies episode.
• The Guardian - Turn on, tune in, switch off - "The creators of Father Ted have now turned to the programmes fag-end of the 60s for comic inspiration. Unfortunately, Hippies manages programmes to miss the entire point of the counter-culture. " By programmes Jenny Fabian.
• Off The Telly - Taking the Peace - Review of the show, penned by T.J. Worthington.

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