AppleTV's the Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin launched last year with Great British Bake Off host Noel Fielding in the title role and its renewal was announced in July

The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin was Apple TV+’s high jinks vehicle for the very best of British comedy talent, but there’s nothing whimsical about the series coming to a clattering halt this week.

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.

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. DECIDER can confirm that production has ceased on the show’s second season.

The news follows a report by British tabloid The Sun that titular star Noel Fielding pulled out three-quarters of the way through the shoot.

The second season of Apple TV+’s comedy series The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin has been scrapped after star Noel Fielding “failed to come to work” following the Christmas break.

The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin is no more. Season 2 of the Apple TV+ comedy has been shut down after Noel Fielding pulled out around three-quarters of the way through the shoot. The Sun newspaper first reported on Dick Turpin’s demise.

Deadline has since reported that star Noel Fielding, who played the titular character, pulled out of the shoot three-quarters of the way through, and that production company Big Talk Studios has disbanded the cast and crew. RadioTimes.com has reached out to Apple TV+ and to Fielding's representatives for comment.