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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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[–] ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 39 points 2 days 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@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

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

[–] ryan213@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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

[–] Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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

[–] ryan213@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Have you ever drank Bailey's from shoe?

[–] zagaberoo@beehaw.org 4 points 1 day ago

Check out The Mighty Boosh sometime if you want to try something Noel-ier that's still watchable.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

He was fantastic on Taskmaster

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

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

[–] DampSquid 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago (2 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.

[–] baggins@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago

Same, it just seemed so naff. Sleep inducing.

[–] DampSquid 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

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

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

He had something in the oven.