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Pistol

Pistol
★ 7.6/10•2022•TV-MA•Drama
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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.

StatusEnded
LanguageEN
First Air DateMay 31, 2022

Episodes

Episode 1 - Track 1: The Cloak of InvisibilityE145m

Track 1: The Cloak of Invisibility

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.

May 31, 2022

Episode 2 - Track 2: RottenE250m

Track 2: Rotten

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.

May 31, 2022

Episode 3 - Track 3: BodiesE354m

Track 3: Bodies

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.

May 31, 2022

Episode 4 - Track 4: Pretty Vaaayc**tE456m

Track 4: Pretty Vaaayc**t

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.

May 31, 2022

Episode 5 - Track 5: Nancy and SidE555m

Track 5: Nancy and Sid

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.

May 31, 2022

Episode 6 - Track 6: Who Killed Bambi?E652m

Track 6: Who Killed Bambi?

Malcolm decides that the Sex Pistols have become too much like a rock band, so he must blow them up. Johnny leaves the band, and a Sid becomes lead singer. Nancy is found murdered in New York City, and Sid is the main suspect.

May 31, 2022

Actors

Toby Wallace

Toby Wallace

Steve Jones

Anson Boon

Anson Boon

John Lydon

Christian Lees

Christian Lees

Glen Matlock

Sydney Chandler

Sydney Chandler

Chrissie Hynde

Talulah Riley

Talulah Riley

Vivienne Westwood

Maisie Williams

Maisie Williams

Jordan

Emma Appleton

Emma Appleton

Nancy Spungen

Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Malcolm McLaren

Jacob Slater

Paul Cook

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