
Pistol
Creator Craig Pearce · Channel Hulu · Starring Toby Wallace, Anson Boon, Christian Lees
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.
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Episodes
- Episode 1: 1. Track 1: The Cloak of InvisibilityMay 31, 2022 · 45 minDesperate 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 2: 2. Track 2: RottenMay 31, 2022 · 50 minAs 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 3: 3. Track 3: BodiesMay 31, 2022 · 54 minAs 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 4: 4. Track 4: Pretty Vaaayc**tMay 31, 2022 · 56 minThe 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 5: 5. Track 5: Nancy and SidMay 31, 2022 · 55 minAs 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.
- Episode 6: 6. Track 6: Who Killed Bambi?May 31, 2022 · 52 minMalcolm 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.
Trailers and images
Credits
- Toby WallaceSteve Jones · 6 episodes
- Anson BoonJohn Lydon · 6 episodes
- Christian LeesGlen Matlock · 6 episodes
- Sydney ChandlerChrissie Hynde · 6 episodes
- Talulah RileyVivienne Westwood · 6 episodes
- Maisie WilliamsJordan · 6 episodes
- Craig PearceCreator
- Danny BoyleDirector · 6 episodes
Film and series details
- FIRST AIRED
- May 31, 2022
- LAST AIRED
- May 31, 2022
- PRODUCTION COMPANIES
- wiip, FX Productions, Decibel Films

























