“Nancy and Sid” quotes from Pistol

Branson. Richard. Richard Branson.

Sid

[Shaking his hand] Like the pickle.

No. The pickle is "Branston". A lot of people make that mistake.

Hang on, Malcolm said there'd be pickle.

Huh! No, I don't make pickle. Nice to meet you. How are you doing? All right? Take a seat. Cheese?

Sid

Uh, no.

Tomato?

Sid

Uh, no.

Gherkin?

Sid

No.

Nuts?

Sid

No.

Drink?

Sid

No.

Steve

Oi, what's this one for?

Uh, it's Mike Oldfield, "Tubular Bells".

Steve

Oh, dear.

Virgin's very first release. Top ten for almost the entirety of 1974.

John

I hate "Tubular Bells".

Huh! Of course you do. Three years is an eternity in the music industry, and Virgin have released nothing of great significance since. Instead of the groovy young thing...

John

Let's have a nosey!

Virgin's beginning to feel like the, uh...

Sid

An old age pensioner?

Malcolm

Sid!

Exactly! That's why I want to sign the most controversial band in the land, the one all the old pensioner labels are too terrified to touch. The only issue is, uh... timeline.

Malcolm

What timeline?

There's no point releasing "God Save the Queen" if we miss... [Steve hands him a drink] thank you. [To Malcolm] ...the Jubilee. I need it by June.

Steve

No problem. We can re-master the single by June.

Malcolm

Yes.

But I need an album. "God Save the Queen" would be the single from the album. Is that... Is that doable?

Steve

Yeah, course it is!

Over the last 12 months, punk rock has become almost a battle cry in British society. For many people, it's a bigger threat to our way of life than Russian communism or hyperinflation.

'Never mind about Christianity, I think it's degrading and disgusting for our children to hear and see such things. This idea that the punk rock scene is born of social protest may or may not be true. Until they actually learn how to speak and enunciate the Queen's English, I shall be quite unable to judge the validity of what they are alleged to think. We have had punk rock in Birmingham, unfortunately, but I can assure you, and I speak as a licensing magistrate, that we're not gonna have this sort of punk rock again.'