On the 1st of December 1976 Broadcaster William Grundy interviewed The Sex Pistols. Grundy proceded to ambush them, setting himself up as both Judge and Jury for a scene he had no time for, and did not understand. Grundy even admitted later that he had set out "to prove that these louts were a foul-mouthed set of yobs. And that is what I did prove"

Steve Jones though was not the first person to say ‘F*ck’ on British TV. Irish Playwright Brendan Behan achieved the remarkable twin feat of being the first man seen under the influence on British television and the first person to say “F*ck” on the same show, during a live interview on BBC’s Panorama on June 18, 1956.