Urban Myths: The Sex Pistols Vs Bill Grundy
- TV comedy drama
- Sky Arts
- 2018
- 1 episode
A comedy drama about the infamous appearance of The Sex Pistols on Bill Grundy's live teatime television show. Also features Steve Pemberton, Daniel Mays, Rachel Bright, Frankie Fox, William Kettle and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2018
- Channel
- Sky Arts
- Episodes
- 1
- Stars
- Steve Pemberton, Daniel Mays, Rachel Bright, Frankie Fox, William Kettle, Charlie Wernham, Matt Whitchurch, Kieran Hodgson and more
- Writer
- Simon Nye
- Director
- Simon Delaney
- Producers
- Laura Burrows, Simon Delaney, Matthew Mulot, Tilusha Ghelani, Tim Allsop, Andrew Newman, Simon Nye and Lucy Jack
- Company
This is the reimagined story behind The Sex Pistols' infamous appearance on Bill Grundy's show in 1976, a year before their legendary debut album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols was released.
The foul-mouthed encounter catapulted The Sex Pistols into the public eye and signalled the arrival of mainstream punk, while simultaneously destroying Grundy's career - and all because of a last minute cancellation by Freddie Mercury.
Additional details
- Part of
- Production
- Location
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 31st May 2018 at 9pm on Sky Arts
- Episode length
- 22 minutes
- Most recent repeats
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- Tuesday 7th March 2023 at 12:50am on Sky Arts
- Tuesday 9th August 2022 at 10:00pm on Sky Arts
- Thursday 3rd March 2022 at 3:10am on Sky Arts