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NOEL Fielding’s multi-million pound comedy The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin has been axed mid-production after he failed to come to work. The Great British Bake Off and Never Mind t…

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Failed to show up" makes it seem like he just refused to come but he seems to be seriously ill from what the producers say. I wish him the best.

[–] MothmanDelorian 16 points 1 day ago

Yeah everything mentioned makes me think this is serious like cancer level serious.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I only know him from The IT Crowd. I hope he's OK.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That means you get to see him in The Mighty Boosh for the first time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] BeMoreCareful 4 points 1 day ago

Have you ever drank Bailey's from shoe?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

He was fantastic on Taskmaster

[–] edgemaster72 13 points 1 day ago

Has he gone from boss back to goth? Has anyone checked behind any out of place red doors?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He cared about that show just as much as I did, it seems

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I watched the first episode and it was amusing whimsy but certainly nothing special. I didn't bother with the rest of the series.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, I got through 2 and a half, and gave up.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Same, it felt like it was trying to be a bake-off-nice version of The Great

[–] aeronmelon 3 points 1 day ago

He had something in the oven.