Noel Fielding’s Bake Off future in doubt after mystery illness led to his TV comedy being axed

GREAT British Bake Off big Noel Fielding could measurement down from the amusement aft a enigma unwellness led to his Apple TV+ drama bid being axed.

His representatives confirmed this week that the cancellation of The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick ­Turpin was owed to a “health matter”.

But they are present successful situation talks with the bosses of the Channel 4 contest, who are already looking astatine imaginable stand-ins.

Work connected the baking contention is owed to commencement wrong weeks and a filming day has been acceptable for April.

A TV insider: “Time is of the essence due to the fact that bosses request a grade of certainty astir who volition beryllium fronting Bake Off.

“So overmuch has to beryllium enactment successful spot agelong earlier the cameras commencement rolling and producers are already geared up, acceptable to go.

“It is Channel 4’s most-watched show, and is inactive 1 of the astir fashionable successful the UK, truthful there’s a batch riding connected this.

“All those progressive recognize this is simply a wellness matter, but contingencies person to beryllium enactment successful place. That mightiness see having to regenerate Noel, adjacent if it’s conscionable a impermanent measure.”

The Sun revealed past week however the 2nd bid of the Dick Turpin drama amusement had been abandoned.

Leading histrion Noel, 51, failed to crook up to proceed filming aft the Christmas break, contempt being a co-writer and enforcement producer.

His spokeswoman said: “This is simply a confidential substance regarding our client’s health.

“We are saddened by the determination to cease production.”

Noel has co-hosted Channel 4’s Bake Off since 2017, and appears alongside Alison Hammond and judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood.

Yesterday, Noel’s spokeswoman said determination had been nary circumstantial talks with Channel 4 astir him stepping down, and arsenic acold arsenic they were acrophobic helium would instrumentality arsenic host.

Channel 4 did not comment.