THE PILOT episode of Sherlock was only 55 minutes long, and although the script was expanded, and the action re-shot, much of the original dialogue remains unchanged. Below are a few examples of how the first pilot differed from the transmitted version of A Study in Pink.
Original Pilot   Transmitted Pilot

 

TITLES: stark, monochrome   TITLES: sexy London skyline
 
Meeting with Mike Stamford at the Criterion Restaurant, Piccadilly   Meeting with Mike Stamford in a park, drinking Criterion branded coffee.
 
221B Baker Street - cosy   221B Baker Street - not so cosy
 
Sally Donovan (Zawe Ashton)   Sally Donovan (Vinette Robinson)
 
Angelo (Joseph Long)   Angelo (Stanley Townsend)
 
No Mycroft   Mycroft
 
texting, more traditional   texting, onscreen
 
Drugged, dazed and confused   Clear-eyed and lucid

First transmission: July 2010, BBC1

A Hartswood Films production for BBC Wales Drama,  3 x 90' series
 
SHERLOCK

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