Simon Pegg
Ray Purbbs
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Series SeasonSeason 1 episodes1999
Hippies
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.
Episodes
Each episode has its own detail page.
Episode 130 min1999-11-12
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.
Episode 230 min1999-11-19
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.
Episode 330 min1999-11-26
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.
Episode 430 min1999-12-03
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.
Episode 530 min1999-12-10
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.
Episode 630 min1999-12-17
Disgusting Hippies
Ray rashly allows two schoolboys to write and edit an issue and quickly finds himself in court on a charge of obscenity.