have set the sitcom world alight with father ted arthur matthew and graham linehan next creation be a forgotten gem for the bbc call hippy although create by the pair the six script be write by arthur matthew alone . set in london in 1969 ray purbs and a hippy and be the editor of an anarchist magazine . his friend be his flat mate and the very lay back and cannabis smoking alex and his girlfriend be feminist jill and the none too bright hugo . simon pegg be superb a ray and but he be superb in everything he be in . this sitcom have a feel of citizen smith about it . ray be very much like wolfie smith and try to beat society and but fail miserably . at last this sitcom be go to be release on dvd in march and i can not wait to buy it . a it be on in 1999 and have yet be repeat on terrestrial television my memory aren not too good of the sitcom and yet i remember two episode really clearly and the first be the opener protest hippy which i thought be a great start where ray go on a protest against sandpaper and the other episode be hippy dippy hippy which i think be episode 4 and again quite a clear memory about the police . sadly and the sitcom get a negative reaction from viewer ( i can not think why ) . the bbc commission another series and but arthur matthew decide against it because of the negative reaction . oh well and i can not wait for the dvd . best episode represent hippy dippy hippy series 1 episode 4 .