6. The Album, The Outrage and the Court Case

After the chaos of their Jubilee riverboat stunt and the media
storm around God Save the Queen, the Pistols were marked men.
Attacked in the streets, vilified in the press, and hated by half
the country, Britain’s most notorious band were now public enemy
number one.


But manager Malcolm McLaren had no intention of retreating. Amid
rising paranoia, infighting, and Sid Vicious’s self-destruction,
the Pistols did what no one expected: they released one of the
most incendiary debut albums of all time - Never Mind the
Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols.


It wasn’t just the music that caused outrage. One word on its
cover dragged the band into a landmark obscenity trial that would
test the limits of free


Episode 6 of The Rise and Fall of Sex Pistols is the story of the
album that changed British music forever, and how the Sex Pistols
took on the law, the tabloids, and the establishment… and won.


Featuring archive interviews from: Richard Branson, Johnny
Rotten, Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Malcolm McLaren and Sid Vicious
alongside a new interview with the legendary photographer Dennis
Morris and a cameo appearance from BBC 1 continuity announcer
Duncan Newmarch.


Presented by Gina Birch and Steve Lamacq


A BBC Audio Production