Noel: "If you approach any actor in the U.K. - male or female - and say, "Would you like to wear thigh-high boots?" they're in, they're in."

(UPI interview, March 2024)

Dick Turpin trailer just dropped let’s fucking goooo!! [x]

With costume reuse comes another kind of reuse – fabric. The distinctively colored striped silk fabric has also been used for a costume seen in Return to Cranford and Belgravia. 

This waistcoat has been used in several productions depicting the late 18th century through the 19th century. It first turned up in the 1999 TV series The Scarlet Pimpernel, in both the second and third episode of the first season, where it was worn by Anthony Green as Andrew Ffoulkes. 

From there, it was briefly used in the 2008 sixth episode of the miniseries John Adams, where Zak Orth wore it as James McHenry.

It appeared next in the 2009 miniseries adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma, where Robert Bathurst wore the waistcoat as the character Mr.Weston. 

Most recently, the piece showed up in the first episode of the 2024 show The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin, where Noel Fielding wore it in the title role.

Costume Credit: carsNcors, Shrewsbury Lasses

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boosh lives!

Six of Crows where everything’s exactly the same except that Rollins doesn’t have childcare so Alby follows him around everywhere like Johnathan Wilde and little Christopher in The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

The vision:

Rollins: I’ll make you pay, Brekker! I’ll make you all pay!!!

Alby: *stands next to him playing with his cup and ball*

Rollins: *in the middle of a villain speech*

Alby: Dad. Dad. Dad!

Rollins: Yes, what!?

Alby: I found a dead beetle

*shows him*

Rollins: Ooooh yes

*starts inspecting beetle*

If I had a nickel for every time I fell in love with a queer, fictionalized depiction of a real-life 18th century thief played by a washed-up, middle-aged comedian in leather pants, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

If I hear another person say the completely made-up adventures of dick turpin is a copy of ofmd, I'm gonna explode. I get that they are similar, but Its been in the works for like five years. Also, I won't take any noel slander, just because you don't understand his comedy doesn't mean that he isn't amazingly funny.

In March, Noel spoke to Paste Magazine about casting Greg Davies in "The Completely Made-up Adventures of Dick Turpin"!

Noel: “There was a part in Dick Turpin of the rival gang leader who’s a much better highwayman than me. I knew that Greg would be perfect for it. We were sort of writing it for him. But then we had to quickly check if he wanted to do it. And he was so busy at that point, because everyone wanted him. He was like, “I’ll do it if I can. I’ll do it if I can.” We just took a gamble and said, “Look, it’s got to be Greg. We’ll write it for him.” Because I’ve spent so much time with him, it was very easy for me to write in his tone of voice. Then, he comes in and improvises anyway. But you can get the gist of how he would be. Greg is just one of those performers that he’s such a big presence, as well as being a huge man. He’s a giant. But on set, he’s so funny. He’s so giggly and he makes himself laugh. And then everyone in the room laughs. That’s quite contagious. He’s always sort of not taking it seriously and there’s something really brilliant about that. He was a joy to work with.”

The Mighty Boosh universe comes back to life in The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turn

(there is another Boosh member cameo in the first two episodes, but I didn't want to spoil it so they are not pictured 👀)