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Pistol Never mind the bollocks...

The story of a band of spotty, noisy, working-class kids with “no future,” who shook the boring, corrupt Establishment to its core, threatened to bring down the government and changed music and culture forever.

Drama

Pistol Never mind the bollocks...

Drama

Created By: Craig Pearce
First Aired on: May 31, 2022
Popularity: 3.1516: 93 votes
Networks: (US)
Production: wiip (US)FX Productions (US)Decibel Films (GB)
Status: Ended: Show Ended

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 6 episodes

Miniseries

Aired 3 years ago

6 Episodes

Episode 1Track 1: The Cloak of Invisibility45 min
Desperate to escape the bleak future that society has decreed for him, charismatic Steve Jones convinces Malcolm McLaren to manage his band, The Swankers. But Steve discovers that his “Cloak of Invisibility” cannot shield him from the audience’s gaze.
Episode 2Track 2: Rotten50 min
As Steve grasps his final chance and attempts to learn guitar in five days, a fury named Johnny Rotten arrives on the scene and the Sex Pistols are born.
Episode 3Track 3: Bodies54 min
As Steve and Chrissie Hynde begin to make more than just music, the Pistols begin to wreak anarchy in the U.K. and Johnny Rotten takes deeper inspiration from a grieving young woman.
Episode 4Track 4: Pretty Vaaayc**t56 min
The idyllic moment where success is not yet fame is obliterated when the band shock the nation out of its torpor. The media frenzy causes egos to explode. Steve is emotionally blackmailed by Malcom into replacing bassist Glen Matlock with Sid Vicious.
Episode 5Track 5: Nancy and Sid55 min
As Nancy and Sid's love ignites, Sid becomes increasingly lost to heroin and violence. A plan is hatched to get rid of Nancy, but on a riverboat stunt during the Queen's Jubilee to promote "God Save the Queen," chaos takes hold.