Pistol: Can Danny Boyle finally get punk right onscreen? Mini preview

Casting for the show will be all - Alex Cox's Sid & Nancy worked for me (Lydon hated it though) for me but there are precious few other instances of the spirit of punk being captured onscreen.

Surprisingly punk hit the small screen fairly quickly - with 'Gizzard Puke' (confusingly 'Sid Snot' was a rocker) in Kenny Everett's show, a Goodies spoof (Punky Business) in 1977 and adverts for Lee Cooper (Don't be a Dummy) and later on Kit Kat (Alien Invasion).

Nationwide's Michael Barrat (he's still with us at 93):

Toyah (of 'Ith a Mthtery' fame) turned up as a 'punk' in episodes of  Shoestring and Minder...

Toyah in the All Mod Cons episode of Minder

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Nowadays. Ahem.

Sky Arts's Urban Myths tackled the infamous Grundy interview in 2017:

Punk was also depicted on TV in the music shows Revolver and So It Goes as well as sitcoms The Young Ones and The Grimleys.

The Grimleys:

In the movies? notable entries number Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains, Jubilee, Breaking Glass, Summer of Sam and The Great Rock N Roll Swindle.

Note: I commissioned and executive produced  free@lasttv's very excellent The Story of Punk (followed by Sid & Nancy) for ITV4 eons ago in 2006...for what it's worth.

Oi! Oi! - Secret Affair in 1979.

They hated the 'Punk Elite'.

Tw*ts.