Noel Fielding To Star In comedy-adventure Based On “Dick Turpin” For Apple TV+
Noel Fielding is set to star in a new untitled comedy-adventure series for Apple TV+ based around “Dick Turpin“, the legendary British highwayman.
Fielding takes the leading role of Turpin, the legendary British highwayman. In this irreverent retelling, Dick is the most famous, but least likely of highway robbers, whose success is defined mostly by his charm, showmanship and great hair. Together with his gang of loveable rogues, Dick rides the highs and lows of celebrity — and does what he can to escape the clutches of the Thief-Taker General.
Produced for Apple TV+ by Big Talk Productions, part of ITV Studios, the series will be directed by Ben Palmer (‘The Inbetweeners Movie’, ‘Breeders’), written and created by Claire Downes, Stuart Lane and Ian Jarvis (‘The Outlaws’, ‘The Job Lot’), with Fielding and Jeremy Dyson (‘The League Of Gentlemen’) as script consultants. Executive producers are Kenton Allen, Fielding, Victoria Grew, Matthew Justice and Palmer.
This isn’t the first tv series to be based around “Dick Turpin”. Those of you of a certain age may remember the ITV show which starred Richard O’Sullivan as the highwayman from 1979 to 1982. There were also a number of silent films in the 1920s, along with Sid James appearing as Turpin in the 1974 film ‘Carry On Dick’.
Apple TV+ has been hitting it out of the park recently on the film, drama and comedy front. This new series will join their ever-expanding slate of award-winning and critically hailed comedies, including the Emmy Award-winning global hit comedy series ‘Ted Lasso’, as well as ‘Mythic Quest’, ‘The Afterparty’, AFI Award winner ‘Schmigadoon!’, Peabody Award-winning ‘Dickinson’, Emmy Award-nominated ‘Central Park’, and ‘Trying’.
The as-yet-untitled comedy-adventure about “Dick Turpin” does not have a premiere date, but if you want to keep track of this or any other show, you can add them via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when they get a UK premiere date.
