The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin is a British historical comedy television series starring Noel Fielding as the title character. Developed by Big Talk Studios, the series premiered on 1 March 2024 on Apple TV+. In July 2024, the series was renewed for a second season. However, in January 2025, the planned second season was scrapped after Fielding pulled out of the series partway through production. The final episode was released on 15 October 2025.

Premise A fictional take on the life of Dick Turpin, leader of the Essex Gang, who commits numerous petty crimes with the hope of becoming England's greatest highwayman while being pursued by the thief-taker Jonathan Wilde and the secretive criminal organisation The Syndicate.

Cast and characters Main

Noel Fielding as Dick Turpin Duayne Boachie as Honesty Barebone Ellie White as Elaenor "Nell" Brazier Marc Wootton as Moose Pleck Dolly Wells as Eliza Bean Mark Heap as John Turpin Geoff McGivern as Lord Alistair Rookwood Joe Wilkinson as Geoffrey the gaoler Kiri Flaherty as Little Karen Hugh Bonneville as Jonathan Wilde Asim Chaudhry as Craig the Warlock Tamsin Greig as Lady Helen Gwinear

Featured The following cast members have been credited amongst the main cast in a single episode.

David Threlfall as Tom King

Greg Davies as Leslie Duvall

Paul Kaye as Ralph Ratclyff Guz Khan as Gow Laura Checkley as Sandra

Diane Morgan as Maureen Jessica Hynes as The Reddlehag

Connor Swindells as Albert Crumb / Tommy Silversides

Tom Davis as Clive Natasia Demetriou as Helga Lee Mack as Gordon the driver

Recurring Michael Fielding as Benny Turpin Samuel Leakey as Christopher Wilde

Guest

Simon Farnaby as Lord Saltley Sindhu Vee as Lady Saltley Tom Meeten as Bill the Blade Neil Edmond as Poorly Martin Sutara Gayle as Lizzy the Fish Kathryn Hanke as Margaret Harry Trevaldwyn as Steven Jota Castellano as Alf the Artist

Philippa Dunne as Slake Rich Fulcher as The Unrobbable Coachman Juliette Motamed as Abigail Henry Lewis as Baron Von Louth Liz Kingsman as Baroness Von Louth

Colin Hoult as Phillip Lisa Davina Phillip as Faith Barebone Mo Sesay as Courage Barebone Flip Webster as Doris the Destroyer Justin Sysum as Jack "Iron Fist" Broughton

Dave Jones as Naked Tony

Cash Holland as Isabelle Ed Jones as Reginald Hallie Barthram as Priscilla

Fatiha El-Ghorri as Anne the driver Kath Hughes as Tracy Ian Smith as Neville Michael Clarke as Pedro

Episodes Season 1

Special

Production It was announced in April 2022 that Apple TV+ had greenlit a series starring Noel Fielding as the highwayman Dick Turpin. In August 2023, additional casting including Hugh Bonneville, Asim Chaudhry and Tamsin Greig was announced. Episodes one to three are directed by Ben Palmer and episodes four to six are directed by George Kane. Episode one is written by show creators Claire Downes, Ian Jarvis and Stuart Lane with Fielding and episodes two to six are written by Richard Naylor and Jon Brittain with Fielding. Production had commenced at the time the series was announced. It was partly filmed at Ludlow Castle in Shropshire.

In July 2024, the series was renewed for a second season. According to reports, the second season was reportedly 75% completed when Noel Fielding failed to return to set in January 2025. The series was deemed unsalvageable and was then cancelled. According to Fielding's agent, his absence from the set was due to illness. Actors scheduled to appear in the second season included Jason Isaacs, Miranda Richardson, and Dawn French. Fielding has not since revealed the source of the health issue, and it has not interfered with his work on other series.

Release The series premiered on Apple TV+ on 1 March 2024 and ended on 29 March. A final seventh episode, consisting of material filmed prior to the series' cancellation, was released on October 15, 2025.

Reception The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 84% approval rating, based on 32 critic reviews. On Metacritic, the series holds a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 14 critics indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

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