Season 2 of Noel Fielding‘s Apple TV+ comedy The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin reportedly won’t ever see the light of day — because they won’t actually be finishing it.
The Sun was first to report that Fielding “failed to come to work” after production was paused over Christmas, not long after Season 2 filming first kicked off in the fall of 2024. Per the outlet, those working on the show were informed of its end this week, but were told the show was stopping due to “the illness of a key cast member.”
“They were understandably bewildered and infuriated by the bombshell because the shoe show required millions of pounds, months of planning and hours of work,” a TV insider told the outlet. “It now effectively means that they are all out of work and looking for new jobs, but they still haven’t had a full explanation.”
Citing a source close to the project, Variety reports that the show’s second season has “ceased production,” and though the next installment was about three months into filming, it will likely not be able to come back from this. The outlet also cited intel from another source, who said that Apple and Big Talk Studios did “everything they could” to finish the show and had been “really excited about it.”
DECIDER reached out to Apple reps and Fielding’s publicist for additional comment, but did not hear back by time of publication.
Season 2 was announced by the streamer in July 2024, four months after the series debuted in March of the same year. Following a Television Critics Association Winter 2024 panel for the comedy series, The Great British Baking Show host had told DECIDER he felt confident he could handle filming both the Apple TV+ series and the baking show.
“I think you can do both. I think it’s not ridiculous,” he said at the time. Fielding and Dick Turpin executive producer Kenton Allen also expressed to DECIDER their interest in a sophomore season.
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin featured the talents of Fielding as “legendary highwayman Dick Turpin,” as well as Ellie White, Marc Wootton, Hugh Bonneville, Duayne Boachie, Mark Heap and Michael Fielding.
Season 1 of The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin is streaming on Apple TV+.
