Johnny Rotten to be furious as Disney airing Sex Pistols biopic days before Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

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HE never fears speaking his mind – and Sex Pistols singer Johnny Rotten is likely to have choice words about the screening date of a new drama about the band.

The anarchist turned monarchist is set to be enraged by the show airing just before The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, due to the anti-royal sentiments the band voiced.

Johnny Rotten is set to be furious as Disney airing Sex Pistols biopic days before Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Disney+ will now launch the biopic two days before the start of official celebrations marking Her Majesty’s 70 years on the throne.

Johnny — real name John Lydon — has already expressed his hatred of the biopic, which is being made by Trainspotting director Danny Boyle.

Disney+ will now launch the six-parter on May 31 — two days before the start of official celebrations marking Her Majesty’s 70 years on the throne.

A TV insider said: “This will only pour salt on the wound for Johnny, who has been unhappy that the drama was being made in the first place.

“The timing of its airing will be particularly enraging given the band were famous for their 1977 track God Save The Queen, which slated the Royal Family and branded them a ‘fascist regime’.

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“He is now a fervent supporter of Her Majesty and doesn’t want the offending track to be used any more.”

Johnny intervened three years ago when creators of Netflix royal drama The Crown tried to use the Sex Pistols’ God Save The Queen on the show.

The track was going to be heard when the series reached the 1977 Silver Jubilee — the same year the track was released, shocking traditionalists with its anti-royal theme.

The drama stars Anson Boon as Johnny, Jacob Slater as drummer Paul Cook, Louis Partridge as bassist Sid Vicious and Toby Wallace as guitarist Steve Jones, whose 2017 memoir, Lonely Boy: Tales From A Sex Pistol, is the basis for the series.

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The BBC has released an action-packed trailer for the new six-parter, created by Peaky mastermind Steven Knight and airing later this year.

Telling the story of the elite unit’s formation in North Africa during the Forties, its cast includes Dominic West, Alfie Allen, Connor Swindells, Jack O’Connell and Sofia Boutella.

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The first series of Channel 4’s rebooted interiors makeover show didn’t exactly get the ratings fans expected.

And quite a few of them took to social media.

Many suggested Carol – host when it was on the BBC from 1996 to 2003 – should be brought back for the second outing later this year.

But flamboyant designer Laurence, who returned for the reboot, has thrown his weight behind Anna Richardson presenting.

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He repeated his stance that the show could not bring back too many “dinosaurs”.

Ahead of his appearance on BBC2’s Pilgrimage: The Road To The Scottish Isles, which starts on Friday, he said of Carol: “She was the one that left the show – don’t forget that.”