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‘Dick Turpin’ canceled on Apple TV+ mid-production on season 2


'The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin' stars Noel Fielding
Cancelled.
Picture: Apple TV+

The Utterly Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin reportedly received’t return to Apple TV+ in any case. Apple reportedly canceled Dick Turpin season two, laying the blame on star Noel Fielding.

The comedy collection premiered in 2024, and Apple TV+ renewed it for a second season. Nevertheless, phrase got here Wednesday that The Utterly Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin stopped mid-production.

The Utterly Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin cancelled

The humor in The Utterly Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin derives from Fielding being a ridiculously unsuitable actor to painting a murderous, 18th-century English highwayman. He’s mild and pleasant, although he does love dressing up in black garments. This intentionally absurd model of Turpin’s purpose is to place some kindness into robbing vacationers.

Season one of many comedy, which premiered final March, did properly sufficient with viewers that Apple TV+ greenlit season two. However then the wheels apparently got here off.

“Noel Fielding’s multi-million pound comedy The Utterly Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin has been axed mid-production after he failed to return to work,” reported British tabloid The Solar.

Manufacturing on new episodes began final fall, then halted for the vacations. It was presupposed to resume in January, however its star reportedly by no means got here again.

“Creatives, forged and crew this week obtained the devastating information … and have been merely informed it was right down to ‘the sickness of a key forged member,’” in accordance with The Solar.

Nobody is aware of any greater than that. The opposite individuals who labored on the collection, together with Ellie White (The Windsors), Marc Wootton (Excessive & Dry) and Duayne Boachie (Blue Story), apparently discover themselves abruptly out of labor. And the collection’ manufacturing firm is out the cash it spent within the autumn, although it doubtless may file an insurance coverage declare.

Fielding’s mysterious sickness additionally raises questions on whether or not he’ll return as a co-presenter within the upcoming season of The Nice British Bake Off. That ought to go into manufacturing this spring.



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