1977: SEX PISTOLS give DEREK NIMMO a makeover | Just A Nimmo | Vintage fashion clips | BBC Archive

Beloved thespian Derek Nimmo - keen to deviate from his famously upper-class image - gets a complete punk makeover courtesy of Vivienne Westwood, while bemused Sex Pistols Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious and Steve Jones watch on.
What will the public make of his new look?
This clip is from Just A Nimmo, originally broadcast 24 March, 1977.
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[@donrevie721]

'You look so bloody boring I cannot believe it..' ... Absolutely priceless, this should be in the British Museum as a national treasure.

[@diggmore1362]

Spot on

[@raymondturner1478]

Really ? I don't think there is anything more tedious than people who spend their lives trying to outrage others. Johnny Rotten for instance is a very dull man in my opinion. Him and his butter adverts. Yet he thinks he can call others boring. I'd rather have a pint with Derek Nimmo anyday.

[@rockysablue]

@@raymondturner1478 but to be fair if it wasn't for him would we know sex pistols? I doubt it. Him and Sid Vicious were the meaning of Punk to every 80s kid.

[@raymondturner1478]

@@rockysablueYou male it sound a good thing ?

[@jethrobradley7850]

Funny how the old folk seemed more open-minded and up for a laugh than the kids.. like the gent in the cap who says “I think it suits you quite well” - can’t tell if he’s being deadpan or he means it.

[@astroboirap]

lolll british sarcyness

[@annother3350]

The old lady suggesting he needs the ear to mouth chain!! much more accepting than the kids!

[@ebneigh5191]

Yes. They had been through a war and the Middle Englander myths of conservatism hadn’t warped their open mindedness. Materially obsessed “personal betterers” that came after were a more toxic and closed minded elderly caste.

[@annother3350]

@@ebneigh5191 ?!

[@stephenchappell7512]

@@annother3350 Probably born in the 1890's Her generation weren't easily shocked which isn't surprising considering the times they had to live though

[@joeomalley5980]

Little old ladies, the backbone of Great Britain, bless them.

[@saxongreen78]

I was hoping Derek would steal one of their handbags and gob on them. 😁

[@mondegreen9709]

Hell's Grannies 😄

[@hilaryepstein6013]

Wonderful. Two world's colliding. Who'd have thought Derek Nimmo and punk rock fashion would go so well together. Nice to see a very young Vivienne Westwood too.

[@sratus]

She was 36 here

[@coolmacatrain9434]

Two worlds my arse! Nimmo, Westwood and McLaren are all from the same sow-pig ..the pistols were a made -up carnival freakshow so that McLaren and Westwood could become rich and famous.

[@marccarter1350]

@@sratus Viv was nevere young, she was born old lol

[@MirlitronOne]

Despite the attempts of the media to outrage us, most people in Britain were remarkably accepting in those days. I remember the "Peacock" punks of Chelsea in the early '80s, hanging out in polite and friendly conversation with the Chelsea Pensioners. Happy days, before all the media-manufactured strife and panic.

[@rrbh]

1.23 Steve is absolutely hammered out of his mind !

[@sratus]

As per

[@onlyme219]

Reckon he was about to shoplift an item, bless him

[@sakuraglenn]

I was expecting car crash tv ... but this was rather quaint. Helped that Nimmo sounded genuinely interested. And the last shot of him looking rather pleased with himself is great.

[@bhamacuk]

I've seen this before, it's hilarious. God knows what the Pistols camp made of it all. Took it with good humour though. Great bit of vintage TV. Oh and Vivienne is gorgeous.

[@HighlandMike325]

What I see from this is how thoroughly decent and amiable John, Steve and Sid were when off duty. Paul and Glen too goes without saying.

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

Sid wasn't 'alf bad for a murderer 😂

[@HighlandMike325]

I reckon he'd have got off with Mick Jagger's heavyweight lawyers defending him.

[@jpollackauthor]

@@HighlandMike325 Jagger never set Sid up with a lawyer - that was a myth that fooled even John Lydon. Richard Branson paid for Sid's lawyers.

[@edmundtrebus4084]

people seem so chilled back then

[@edmundtrebus4084]

@The mysterious Miss X Ok dawg

[@benscr]

Funny thing is Derek Nimmo was 46-47yrs old in this segment, and now in 2022 there are people his age or older (young people of the 70s and 80s) than he was then, that dress (or close too) in the Punk style he dressed as for a joke, but now is not outlandish to see (unless done very badly).

[@livingintheforest3963]

Oh my god that was the best time in the world I was punk in the early 80s in LA. It went with my mother to London in 1978 all I could think about is running into the sex pistols.

[@Paul-11]

Like the lad at the end ' Your mad, yeah look ' 😂

[@dmf2475]

This is something I didn't expect to see today or ever.

[@davidtomlinson6138]

Never ever seen this before, pretty good 🙂👍

[@13thdukeofwybourne69]

Fantastic, actual archival footage of the _precise_ place, and moment in time when the British Punk movement Died. ;-)

[@clinteastwood6875]

It didn't die until 78

[@Boilingfrogg]

It went underground. 1980s best times ever

[@EvaDelCorvo]

1:45 Vivienne speaking kind and elegant while Steve behind her is very concentrate on something to stolen! Hahahahahahahahahah I LOVE HIM

[@ftrsaliyf-zd4wk]

omg Noobs

[@roterfuchs8201]

The old man kid @ 2:48 is brilliant, he is already his 30 year old self at 10

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

@The mysterious Miss X he asked his opinion. He got it. Simple as

[@EvaDelCorvo]

So cute

[@ciprianogonzalez7254]

Vivienne Westwood was a genius. If not for her design aesthetic, for falling in love with Malcolm McLaren.

[@nickygillespie]

They are totally legens nowadays… Vivianne, Johnny, Sid and Jordan ……

[@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

little did Sid know what was coming his way!

[@sarrhodes8277]

Shocking how young Westwood looks here - it's like yesterday for me 1977; Westwood is a rather sweet and kindly girl. Even Nimmo looks young. They were better days - happier, and more stable in many ways - for all the superficial lunacy of the era.

[@tonywilthshire308]

Incredible footage

[@alexg1778]

This makes me nostalgic for a time I wasn't even part of. Born 15 years after this... Odd to think though that this was closer to my birth than I am in present day, 30 years later.

[@object_ash]

I suppose with things like this I guess especially when we're young we're immediately surrounded and engulfed in often the most positive of ways by things in the past and for a lot of people that nostalgia becomes rather innate and I suppose we can reach out further than what we've experienced on occasions

[@ibanez856]

My dad was (still is) a punk and Johnny Rotten really reminds me of my dad with the things he says and the faces he pulls. He used to sing some Sex Pistols songs to us as little kids (and the Stranglers and the Clash). Wish I could go back in time and spend a day in this era.

[@illstuffamattresswithyou5657]

This is pure gold. Fantastic

[@ianwhitehead691]

Derek should have stayed like that, it was a hell of an improvement. Great Shots of the boys in the shop. God save the SEX PISTOLS. 🧷🎸🔒 Jordan R.I.P

[@MLB9000]

For those who aren’t old enough to remember Derek Nimmo he was basically the 70s version of Giles Brandrith

[@mikethebloodthirsty]

Nimmo was a great comic actor, in his manner he may have been like Brandreth. But he was far more talented.

[@alexa3669]

Who’s Giles Brandrith?😂

[@velvitjonze]

A lovely slice of Britishness all round

[@BadgerBotherer1]

All gone now.

[@apollosungod2819]

Now this video was excellent.

[@hawsrulebegin7768]

From a time when people were much more chilled. How polite they all were. Nimo looked pretty good actually!

[@robertstorey7476]

For some reason I always remembered this from my childhood. Most people in the clip joined in with the good natured silliness for a giggle.

[@ozzyaustin9574]

Oh I love this!!

[@brianartillery]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@doctorvonbrown881]

Never seen this in full before, classic!

[@JMG_86]

Was I the only one who noticed John Clesse and Michael Plain at 2:35?

[@TomthatiscalledTom]

Del Nimmo would actually be a good name for a punk/new wave band's frontman.

[@hobbygamer6220]

it would

[@darganx]

Del Nimmo and his P-P-P-Penguins

[@icantfindausernamehe]

How is it possible to have such a wide range of accents.

[@markisaac7970]

Brilliant!!!

[@Ltforlife22]

Great Old Britain

[@krisscanlon4051]

Jonesy looked like he was still nicking stuff lol

[@colinsmith8891]

Fantastic ... well done Derek

[@JohnSmith-zl8rz]

2:16 she's so pretty

[@navillus15]

It’s amazing that the older people are more accepting and the young kids think it’s crazy.

[@sicks6six]

Derek Nimmo. Westwood. The pistols. Commercialism has no boundaries or borders.

[@mikeydeloa7348]

The lady being questioned at 2:12 so Lovely 🌹

[@Technoballmuncha]

the last kiddd🤣❤️

[@phrtao]

I bet Sex Pistols would not agree to dress like Derek. What a good sport !

[@GavinMorris1]

You can often see Lydon dressed like that these days. He wears it well, too.

[@thehoneyeffect]

There would be no point

[@mell3109]

This is well cool, he was well up for it

[@Boppa1260]

The good old days.

[@StephenGrew]

Love it

[@brucenicoll4373]

Very nice

[@stephenowens3687]

Probably not the first time that member of parliament has been in bondage, no matter what his missus might think.

[@jimandlizhudson2501]

Nice one.

[@abraxis20]

That generation was, or at least the middle and upper classes.

[@z-rex6068]

RIP Vivienne Westwood

[@spankflaps1365]

Rudolph Near-Enough bought a shirt here!

[@marcse7en]

...... and a pair of TIGHT PLASTIC TROUSERS! 👍😜🤣

[@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn]

Meanwhile, the Pistols are all dressed in brand new clothes from the shop, and not in their own style!

[@exb.r.buckeyeman845]

In 1977 I was running the Go Karts in Penzance when the Sex Pistols came for a ride, well one of them, when called to come in crashed flat out into a solid barrier, he stood up and walked off, anyone else would have needed hospital treatment.

[@DenkyManner]

Westwood is 36 here, Nimmo is 47.

[@growlerthe2nd712]

Nimmo looks good for his age

[@spango1]

It's mentioned elsewhere but the guy at 2.13 looks like the actor who played Steve Jones in the TV series . I didn't think so at first but watch the chip van scene in episode 4 and he really does . A case of visiting from the future

[@wotdoesthisbuttondo]

Haha, he should've gone back to that shop crying "they all picked on me!!"

[@user-ij4lt4ry6t]

Джонни Роттен в кадре это конечно класс..! А уж Сид вишез это вообще космос

[@croiners4166]

Nice!

[@onlyme219]

Reckon Steve was about to shoplift an item while Vivienne was too busy with the film crew, bless him

[@Channel567-7]

The woman who’s husband was an MP, he’s be tame compared to today’s MPs, headed by the biggest clown 🤡 of all.

[@MLB9000]

What she should have said was that he would only wear that sort of thing when he was round at Synthia Payne’s place swapping his luncheon vouchers for a good time

[@thefreshprinceofdapto1668]

Love how disinterested Jonesy looks :D

[@CIMAmotor]

I every way the coolest member of the Pistols.

[@standenberg]

It could only happen in London, even 45 years ago it was a mad place full of nutcases 🤣😂👍🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@janreznak881]

What's it full of today?

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

@@janreznak881 nutcases in traditional Islamic garb...

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

2:47 it's a little know fact that Thomas Turgoose was a time traveller before he became an actor.

[@user-yo3ql5dv9k]

What is the name of the song that play in the Shop here?

[@richhughes7450]

Would your husband wear this?? I don't think so, My husbands a member of Parliament lol. In private He prob walks around in stockings and suspenders whipping the house maid or Butler.

[@helmutrosendal]

sid ❤️

[@MrSmriley]

Nice to see London when it was still London.

[@thehoneyeffect]

What are you on about?

[@mondegreen9709]

@Prick, Scumbag College Yes, immigration of Arab, Russian and Chinese money that is.

[@vilee6024]

Love the BBC archive. That hot girl must be 60 now😆

[@seabasssimpson4547]

Imagine how much $$$ those original clothing items would be worth today

[@markholland7904]

Vivienne Westwood is absolutely gorgeous 😍

[@nasdkhan254]

You need specsavers

[@markholland7904]

🤓

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

Did I get the wrong vid??

[@markgreet3543]

Good footage avid fan

[@walkingTVwithadog]

Old people were much nicer and less cantankerous before Thatcher came along. Nowadays you can't find a single OAP who isn't touched in one sense or another by her cult of cutthroat material aspiration and 'no such thing as society-ism'. Sad to see. Sad to see

[@MarcoSpeaksNadsat]

The irony of course is that you can often see old 'Johnny Rotten' in a tweed suit and Country attire these days.

[@johnnymotorzi.6224]

I love Britain!

[@Greenpoloboy3]

I live there!

[@thewotsit]

We have our moments!

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

Bygone Britain

[@thewotsit]

@@MarcoNegrisEye Bargain Bin Britain.

[@SilverSurfer5150]

Kudos to Nimmo!!

[@buzby303]

The old girl knew the score

[@AdrianPG63]

Those clothes are worth a fortune now ...

[@moongoddess9862]

That was funny😅🤣😅

[@derin111]

@. 0.22. Jordan…….RIP. 😔

[@manimanibooboo]

rip viv

[@jonhelmer8591]

I thought I'd seen all the Pistols footage, obviously not.

[@richardwellend3806]

Just finished watching the new pistol series.... its rather good 👍

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

They didn’t even collaborate with Lydon, and made by Disney?! C’mon really? Who killed Bambiiiiiiioooooiii 😂

[@richardwellend3806]

@@Eleventhearlofmars I thought it was worth a watch...

[@katoness]

LOL

[@travislostaglia8861]

I liked it also way better than the Sid and Nancy movie

[@pauldesmond3269]

yep just watched it as well, kinda a dramatisation of the pistols from jones's side....better than expected and i hope Johnny r has watched it with an open mind......he would probably be surprised how good it was.....ok Johnny......lets have the story from your side......wouldnt be far off that i'd guess...

[@richardfowler5163]

Excellent. Sid drinking a proper flat bottom 9% can of Special Brew. Not like todays rounded 7.5% (gotta pay the government tax!). Great upload British Board of Clinical liars. I might subscribe on here. Then again. Ha, ha. Ever get the feeling your coming to an end?

[@doctorvonbrown881]

Haha no wonder they all look smashed

[@thephilpott2194]

Wonder what Cliff's fee was for appearing on the BBC at the weekend.......after they set the police on him over absolutely nothing. Oh and Becks has gone from 5% to 4% alc. Now 'Becks Vier' is called 'Becks'. You naughty people.

[@kayroe1831]

2:13 The guy looks like the actor who portrays Steve Jones in the Disney+ series

[@jasoncolley4102]

That was funny 😆 as fxxk

[@xxlthea7614]

for gen-z, the equivalent of this shop is goodwill

[@doctorbohr1585]

The bloke on the right looks like Richard Osman.

[@lamecasuelas2]

2:18 that Is one bona fide super babe 😍😍

[@michaelstephen819]

What really dates this is the number of Bitish people in London!! LOL!!

[@mrpositronia]

Derek didn't look too bad.

[@pippipster6767]

Good sport at least.

[@martinwright9807]

Does anyone think the guy at 2.12 mins is the same guy who plays Steve Jones in pistol very time traveller don't you think?

[@missmuffet3874]

How young does Vivienne Westwood look here?

[@Saternalius]

is that Pamela Rooke? Rest In Peace, Pamela.

[@BackToTheBlues]

Yes, Jordan (the original and proper one) as she was back then! Shame she didn't get in on the 'action' properly, so to seak, but what a lovely smile at the start!

[@iceetmarne3571]

Funny, apart from the way he dresses, acts and speaks he reminds me a lot of Noel Gallagher... He looks like Noel basically.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Noels father?! 😂

[@alfsmith4936]

I thought the same.. He's probably younger than Noel is now here too :)

[@dougie1968]

Are the Sex Pistols drinking cans of Special Brew?

[@hernanbet7768]

🤘

[@argieav]

Nimmo looks l a bit like Pete Doherty at 1:50, and the punk fashion did suit Nimmo I think.