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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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.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 1
Track 1: The Cloak of Invisibility
45m8.4 / 10
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.
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Directed by Danny BoyleWritten by Craig PearceGuest stars Robert Whitelock, Jordan Dawes, William Chubb, Dylan Llewellyn, Charlotte Randle, Dorothy Atkinson, Tony Hirst, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo
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.
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Directed by Danny BoyleWritten by Craig PearceGuest stars Dylan Llewellyn, Steve Brody, Shelley Atkinson, Sam Matlock, Thomas Rees, Edward Rees, Zachary White, Ethan Hurst
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.
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Directed by Danny BoyleWritten by Craig PearceGuest stars Gemma Page, Andrew Gallo, Kate Copeland, Jamie Muscato, Dorothy Atkinson, Tony Hirst, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Toby Woolf
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.
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Directed by Danny BoyleWritten by Craig PearceGuest stars Brandon Dodsworth, Grainne O'Mahony, Kevin Eldon, Matthew Cottle, Caitlin Taylor, Stacha Hicks, Charlotte Randle, Dorothy Atkinson
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.
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Directed by Danny BoyleWritten by Craig PearceGuest stars Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Barry Ward, Susan Lynch, Toby Woolf, Jay Simpson, Matthew Cottle, Kai Alexander, Daniel Barker
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.
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Directed by Danny BoyleWritten by Craig PearceGuest stars Tom Forbes, Francesca Mills, Lorne MacFadyen, Toby Sedgwick, Chi Lewis-Parry, Sethius Rodgers, Christopher Brand, Jon Donahue
