The future of The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin revealed after Noel Fielding’s shock exit

There whitethorn inactive beryllium a aboriginal for Noel Fielding’s comedy bid The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin.

The histrion reportedly near the amusement mid-production during filming for play 2 of the series, meaning it seemed we wouldn’t get immoderate much of the highwayman’s silly adventures- overmuch to the disappointment of fans.

But it seems each whitethorn not beryllium mislaid aft all. Producers are reportedly trying to usage the footage they person from the weeks of filming earlier Fielding’s departure to chopped unneurotic an hour-long special.

A TV insider told The Sun: ‘It’s present considered to beryllium thing of a salvage operation, though its not wide whether they person capable to bash thing with.

‘But the creators sank millions into making the amusement and it was astir 70 to 80 per cent filmed by the clip the axe fell.’

The root went connected to accidental that it would beryllium pugnacious for everyone progressive to spot each their hard enactment spell to waste, though it remains unclear if the impermanent stars acceptable to look successful bid 2 volition marque it into the special.

The impermanent stars were said to person included large names similar Jason Isaacs, Dawn French, and Miranda Richardson.

First airing a twelvemonth ago, the Apple TV+ amusement started filming for play 2 successful the fall, but was forced to unopen down aft the 51-year-old Bake Off big reportedly failed to instrumentality to acceptable aft the production’s Christmas break.

Initially, this abrupt alteration was said to beryllium caused by ‘the unwellness of a formed member’.

A spokesperson for Noel told MailOnline: ‘This is simply a backstage and confidential substance regarding our client’s health.

‘We are saddened by the determination to cease accumulation but we cannot marque immoderate further remark connected this matter.’

A root told The Times that the determination to scrap filming was not ‘taken lightly’, insisting that they person ‘exhausted’ each imaginable solution.

The insider said: ‘Noel has said that helium can’t movie anymore and truthful determination was nary prime but to stop.’

More recently, it’s been reported that implicit 100 members of the formed and unit are considering a people enactment suit against the higher ups progressive successful the show, arsenic it was seemingly shutdown successful the mediate of production.

‘Axing a amusement halfway done accumulation is virtually unheard of — positive there’s a enigma implicit conscionable what has happened,’ a root told The Sun astatine the time.

‘It’s near bosses of different shows helium is connected feeling highly nervous. Plus he’ll person to contend with immoderate ineligible action. It volition beryllium a hard fewer months for him.’

The root went connected to accidental that the radical down the show’s instauration were near being bewildered by Fielding’s abrupt exit, fixed however overmuch time, money, and vigor went into mentation for the 2nd season.

The work besides claimed Noel had ‘left the state and is present believed to beryllium determination successful France’.

Often compared to Monty Python, the amusement was a captious occurrence and amassed legions of fans who loved the clever one-liners and wide absurdity the amusement had to offer.

Set successful the 18th century, the British drama is simply a fictional instrumentality connected the beingness of Essex Gang person Dick Turpin, who commits petty crimes with the anticipation of becoming the country’s top highwayman.

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