The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin was Apple TV+'s high jinks vehicle for the very best of British comedy talent, but there's nothing whimsical about the series coming to a clattering halt this week.

AppleTV's the Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin launched last year with Great British Bake Off host Noel Fielding in the title role and its renewal was announced in July

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin has been scrapped after Noel Fielding pulled out of the second season, with his health behind the decision.

Apple TV+ series "The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin," which stars Noel Fielding as the infamous highway bandit, has shut down in the middle of shooting Season 2, Variety has confirmed.

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin is not Apple TV+’s first cancellation, but news of the streamer’s cancelled shows doesn’t come with anything like the regularity of Netflix’s culling sprees. That’s in part because Apple TV+ commissions far fewer shows in the first place.

The second season of an acclaimed Apple TV+ series has been scrapped after lead star Noel Fielding was unable to complete filming. Comedy show The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin ceased production due to a private health issue faced by Fielding towards the end of the shoot.

NOEL Fielding’s multi-million pound comedy The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin has been axed mid-production after he failed to come to work. The Great British Bake Off and Never Mind

Noel Fielding 's Apple TV+ show The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin has been cancelled mid-way through filming, with the cast and crew reportedly told that it was down to "the illness of a key cast member". Deadline have reported that Noel pulled out of filming.

The news follows a report by British tabloid The Sun that titular star Noel Fielding pulled out three-quarters of the way through the shoot.

The second season of Apple TV+’s comedy series The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin has been scrapped after star Noel Fielding “failed to come to work” following the Christmas break.

The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin is no more. Season 2 of the Apple TV+ comedy has been shut down after Noel Fielding pulled out around three-quarters of the way through the shoot. The Sun newspaper first reported on Dick Turpin’s demise.