Pistol

Never mind the bollocks...

2022 · TMDB 7.6/10 (109 votes)

Drama

About Pistol

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.

Status
Ended
TMDB rating
7.6/10 from 109 votes
Seasons
1
Episodes
6

Seasons and episodes

The latest season with aired episodes is shown first. Specials are kept separate.

Latest aired season

Miniseries

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Track 1: The Cloak of Invisibility episode still
S1 E145 min

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.

TMDB 8.4/10 from 18 votes

Track 2: Rotten episode still
S1 E250 min

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.

TMDB 5.6/10 from 9 votes

Track 3: Bodies episode still
S1 E354 min

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.

TMDB 7.2/10 from 9 votes

Track 4: Pretty Vaaayc**t episode still
S1 E456 min

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.

TMDB 5.4/10 from 8 votes

Track 5: Nancy and Sid episode still
S1 E555 min

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.

TMDB 7.2/10 from 9 votes

Track 6: Who Killed Bambi? episode still
S1 E652 min

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.

TMDB 6.2/10 from 5 votes

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