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' was Apple TV+’s high jinks Noel Fielding vehicle, but the series has come to a clattering halt.

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin has been scrapped after Noel Fielding was unable to return to set following a break over Christmas.

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.

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 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 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 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.

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.

Noel is also due to film another season of Sky Max’s Never Mind the Buzzcocks later this year. Metro has contacted Apple TV Plus and representatives for Noel Fielding for comment. The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin is streaming on Apple TV Plus.

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.