The Number 9 Bus to Utopia: A six-part comedy-drama series

Andrew Mailing
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After his partner leaves him for someone ‘younger but more mature’ David sets himself the life changing talks to be a more sharing, loving person. As a man with a taste for the exotic however, this is never going to be resolved by a weekend course in mindfulness. Instead, he embarks on a global adventures to learn how to live with others. He visits an anarchist community in the heart of Copenhagen, a futuristic city in the desert, free love communities and a futuristic city being built in the desert. Most fantastic of all is Damanhur, a community in the Alps with an underground temple the size of St Paul’s Cathedral, a village of tree houses and a ‘fully-functioning time machine’. Along the way David’s quest raises issues that best many of us. Why is depression rife amongst those who have wealth and relative freedom. Is getting what you want really utopian? And can alternative communities really teach us a better way to live, without having to dress in tie-dye?

Season 1

  1. EPISODE 1

    Christiania

    After his long-term partner leaves him, David embarks on a global adventure to find his own utopia. First stop is an anarchist community in the heart of Denmark, complete with rampaging santas and a drunken bear called Ricky.

    22 min

  2. EPISODE 2

    Findhorn

    David heads to the north of Scotland to the caravan park community of Findhorn in search of giant vegetables and plant spirits. Instead he finds himself rooming with Karl, the bassist of the Belgian punk band, Demon Swallower.

    26 min

  3. EPISODE 3

    Free Love, and all-female utopias

    In search of a little carnal pleasure David dips his toe into the world of free love and polyamory. From here he heads to the Czech Republic to spend time in a BDSM-themed kingdom run by women and fuelled entirely on Pot Noodles.

    24 min

  4. EPISODE 4

    Damanhur

    In the heart of the Italian Alps sits the community of Damanhur, creators of the world’s largest underground temple and home to singing plants. While David is moved to tears by their architectural wonders he is there on a commission from his old friend Ken Campbell: to steal the community’s ‘fully functioning’ time machine.

    26 min

  5. EPISODE 5

    Esalen and Arcosanti

    David heads to California where he thinks maybe – just maybe – he’s found utopia in a New Age community conceived by Aldous Huxley and managed by Hunter S.Thompson. Does it have free wifi and stock his favourite biscuits? Is he finally over his ex? Find out in the penultimate thrilling episode.

    28 min

  6. EPISODE 6

    Bringing it all back home

    Nearing the end of his journey, David heads to the Arizona Desert in search of an entire eco-city built from scratch by Italian architect, Paolo Soleri. Arriving back at his home in Brighton after twelve months he wonders how he might bring a sense of community and utopia to his own backyard, only to discover… Bringing it all back home

    27 min
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After his partner leaves him for someone ‘younger but more mature’ David sets himself the life changing talks to be a more sharing, loving person. As a man with a taste for the exotic however, this is never going to be resolved by a weekend course in mindfulness. Instead, he embarks on a global adventures to learn how to live with others. He visits an anarchist community in the heart of Copenhagen, a futuristic city in the desert, free love communities and a futuristic city being built in the desert. Most fantastic of all is Damanhur, a community in the Alps with an underground temple the size of St Paul’s Cathedral, a village of tree houses and a ‘fully-functioning time machine’. Along the way David’s quest raises issues that best many of us. Why is depression rife amongst those who have wealth and relative freedom. Is getting what you want really utopian? And can alternative communities really teach us a better way to live, without having to dress in tie-dye?

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