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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

Ten years ago a much-publicised section of the nation's youth was proclaiming a revolution: the overthrow of the age of war, hate, and competition, and the dawn of a new age of peace and love. Happy hippies preached the gentle gospel of flower power, and sang that all they needed was love. But was love enough? How much power is there left in the flowers today? In the first of two films, Peter France traces the 'hippies' of ten years ago to find out how they are living today: yippy leader Jerry Rubin, social deviant Mick Farren, Oz editor Felix Dennis, Dr Timothy Leary 'the messiah of LSD', Lynn Darnton, founder of the 'Tribe of the Sacred Mushroom,' and many more. Peace and love are ideals almost everybody shares; ideals preached by almost all religions; but can the ideals survive in the real world?

English
  • Originally Aired February 22, 1978
  • Runtime 50 minutes
  • Network BBC One
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