History Series / NathanBarley

*** After killing Nikolai's cat and fleeing, Dan goes to Place to attend the 15Peter20 art exhibition from episode 3. In the aired episode 4, he goes to the bank for a loan interview instead. In both instances, he's still completely covered in paint. The scene at Nikolai's barber shop is one of only two scenes where the original pilot take was carried through to the final series (the other one being Stanley Knives).
*** Claire's latest film is the prostitution one with Mandy from episode 5, including the subplot with Mandy blowing Nathan. In the aired episode 4, Claire is working on editing hours of endless, nonsensical Doug Rocket monologue instead.

*** Although he attends 15Peter20's exhibition, Dan is not shown attempting to write up the resulting Sugar Ape cover feature. Instead, he spends the rest of the episode trying to get rid of his Geek Pie haircut (which he refers to as a "Greek Pie" in the pilot) before getting tanked on booze yet again at the end of the night.

*** Dan is much more aggressive and spiteful against the idiots around him, especially 15Peter20 who he is very rude and pushy to, essentially dominating the discourse and making 15Peter provide exactly what he wants. This contrasts strongly with the Dan of the main series, who is far more of a sedated, depressed loser and a wimp.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Doug Rocket of the Veryphonics as a fictional stand-in for Dave Stewart of the Music/{{Eurythmics}}, although a few celebrities were actually harmed, including Vernon Kay.

*** Nathan displays regret, lament and self-doubt after realizing how bad his Geek Pie haircut is. He also apologises to Claire and buys her a bottle of wine to make amends, and even finds Mandy's blowjob awkward and uncomfortable. All of this is totally out of character and never, ''ever'' happens at any point in the main series; in the aired episode 5, the blowjob has him positively dancing and jigging with enthusiasm.

* {{Pilot}}: The pilot episode was initially unaired, but released as an extra on the DVD. It's 40 minutes long, compared to 25 minutes for the regular episodes, and is essentially an early 'beta' version of episode 4, with sections of episodes 3 and 5 mashed into it. Most of the pilot episode is brand new alternate footage that was either re-shot or dropped completely for the series proper.

*** After Nathan purchases his 'headbag' from Bumphuk, Dan comes walking down the street, causing a panicky Nathan to abruptly ditch Dajve and run off so that he isn't seen. In the aired episode, Dan never appears, so Nathan carries on walking with Dajve, accompanying her to the 'Terrorists Are Gay' viewing at the theatre.
*** The Stanley Knives barber shop scene is far longer and much more interesting. More of Jones's DJ'ing and dancing is shown, Nathan gets to see Troll's "snip stats" on a tablet, and Troll has to work around Nathan hyperactively bopping his head to Jones's music - before finally sedating Nathan by ramming a dummy into his mouth. Liz White also turns up in a deleted role as a moody hipster cashier, who expresses admiration for his new haircut, whilst charging him an obscene amount of money plus tips. The screened version of Stanley Knives is the same take as the pilot, but is cut right down to the bare minimum for just the haircut only. However, it does retain Nathan pissing off Jones by scratching his turntable.

*** Nathan displays regret, lament and self-doubt after realizing how bad his Geek Pie haircut was - something that never, ''ever'' happens at any point in the main series. He also finds Mandy's blowjob awkward and uncomfortable, whereas in the aired episode 5, he's positively dancing and jigging with enthusiasm.
*** Dan is much more aggressive and spiteful against the likes of Nathan, Jonatton, 15Peter20 etc., compared to his depressed, sedate self in the regular series.
*** Mandy is not a cokehead teenager, but just a fairly regular aspiring actress in her early twenties, not too dissimilar to Claire. She's also played by Kate Fleetwood, instead of Ophelia Lovibond - the show's only real example of TheOtherDarrin.
*** Dajve's interest in Nathan stems purely from the acting role and media connections that he offers her, quickly jumping ship when Nathan's promises fall through. In the main series, she's far friendlier and laid back, and appears sexually attracted to Nathan.
*** 15Peter20 is shy and anxious, and easily intimidated into silence by Dan. In the aired series he's the opposite; a motor-mouthed LargeHam completely in love with himself.

*** Averted with Claire, the only character who behaves in the pilot exactly as she does in the finished series.

*** While most of the main, recurring characters appear in the pilot, the Sugar Ape gang is almost completely absent - Rufus, Ned, Nina and Mudd are all missing. Jonatton Yeah? is the only Sugar Ape member who appears. Rufus's actor Spencer Brown actually does appear as a different character, [[YouLookFamiliar 15Peter20's PR manager]], and was re-cast as Rufus for the aired series.
*** The pilot episode has blank, audio-only placeholders for a) the credits and b) The Veryphonics "Flesh Police" music video. The rest of the Place. infomercial content is all there, including Doug Rocket's groundbreaking collaboration with natives.

*** While most of the main, recurring characters appear in the pilot, Rufus and Ned are two notably missing exceptions. Spencer Brown (Rufus) still shows up in alternate guise as [[YouLookFamiliar 15Peter20's PR manager]], but Richard Ayoade (Ned) is totally absent.

*** A brand new scene at the end shows Claire's prostitution film being screened during a late-night party at Place and actually being a big hit with the crowd - even scoring complements from Doug Rocket (who was watching it through a periscope from upstairs...naturally). Claire remains pissed off anyway though, as she pessimistically declares that the praise in the room is purely for Mandy's tits, and not for any of Claire's artistic merit as a filmmaker. Nathan then suffers a HumiliationConga when Mandy and Dajve discover he has casted them both in the same role in his next film, but it all ends happily regardless - Doug Rocket swoops in and invites Mandy to his suite upstairs, Toby grabs Dajve for a dance, and Nathan bumps into a young blonde actress who is immediately swept away by his charm. This entire scene was completely cut and did not appear in any of the aired episodes.

* {{Pilot}}: The pilot episode was initially unaired, but released as an extra on the DVD. It's 40 minutes long, compared to 25 minutes for the regular episodes, and is essentially an early 'beta' version of episode 4, with large sections of episodes 3 and 5 mashed into it.

** The following different parts from other episodes are included:
*** After killing the barber's cat and fleeing, Dan goes to Place. to attend the 15Peter20 art exhibition from episode 3. In the aired episode 4, he goes to the bank for a loan interview instead. In both instances, he's still completely covered in paint.

*** The Stanley Knives scene, where Nathan gets his Geek Pie haircut, is far longer and much more interesting. More of Jones's DJing and dancing is shown, Nathan gets to see Troll's "snip stats" on a tablet, and Troll has to work around Nathan hyperactively bopping his head to Jones's music - before finally sedating Nathan by ramming a dummy into his mouth. Liz White also turns up in a deleted role as the moody hipster cashier, who expresses admiration for his new haircut, whilst charging him an obscene amount of money and tips. The screened version of Stanley Knives is cut right down to the bare minimum, but does retain Nathan pissing off Jones by scratching his turntable.
*** Although he attends 15Peter20's exhibition, Dan is not shown attempting to write up the resulting Sugar Ape cover feature. Instead, he spends the rest of the episode trying to get rid of his Geek Pie haircut - which he refers to as a "Greek Pie" in the pilot.

** Toby immediately moves in on Dajve to take her away, and the rest of the social group swiftly desert shattered Nathan in the club. Ouch.

*** After Nathan purchases his 'headbag' from Bumphuk, Dan comes walking down the street, causing a panicky Nathan to abruptly ditch Dajve and run off. In the aired episode, Dan never appears, so Nathan carries on walking with Dajve, accompanying her to the 'Terrorists Are Gay' viewing at the theatre.
*** The Stanley Knives scene, where Nathan gets his Geek Pie cut, is extended considerably to show Troll's "snip stats" on a tablet, and Troll constantly having to stop Nathan from bopping his head to Jones' music, before getting pissed off and ramming a dummy into Nathan's mouth. We also get a previously unseen Liz White as a moody hipster cashier, who charges Nathan an arm and a leg on his credit card.

*** A brand new scene at the end shows Claire's film being screened during a late-night party at Place. and actually being a big hit with the crowd, even scoring complements from Doug Rocket (who was naturally watching it through a periscope from his suite upstairs). Claire is still pissed off anyway though, as she pessimistically thinks the praise is purely for Mandy's tits, and not for any of Claire's artistic merit as a filmmaker. This scene was completely cut and did not appear in any of the aired episodes.
** Many characters in the pilot display [[CharacterizationMarchesOn major differences in behaviour]]:

** Nathan actually pays her 50 pounds. Toby immediately moves in on Dajve, and the rest of the social group swiftly desert Nathan in the club. Ouch.

*** A brand new scene at the end shows Claire's film being screened at Place. and being largely successful with the crowd, even scoring complements from Doug Rocket (who was naturally watching it through a periscope). Claire is dismayed though, as she thinks the praise stems purely from Mandy's tits, and not from any artistic merit. This scene was completely cut and did not appear in any of the aired episodes.

* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: This trope summarizes the whole premise of the show, in the very first episode. Dan Ashcroft's scathing Sugar Ape cover feature, "The Rise of the Idiots", an attack on the hipster subcultures he deals with every day, is taken completely out of context by the magazine's entire readership and manages to go viral. Even rival magazine editors and television directors end up hailing it as an important, defining cultural milestone, despite Dan's original negative intentions, contributing further to his depression and alienation.
-->'''Nathan Barley''': That piece on the Rise of the Idiots, awesome.
-->'''Dan Ashcroft''': [[SarcasmMode Thanks.]]
-->'''Nathan Barley''': Totally sums up my credos.