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 health issue faced by Fielding towards the end of the shoot.

Filming on season two of The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin was thought to be around three-quarters of the way through.

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 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.

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.

Noel Fielding has dropped out of his Apple TV+ comedy series The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin due to health issues, forcing production to halt midway through filming its second season.