The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin has been quietly earning a loyal audience, and right now it is all available in Australia on Apple TV, and in the US on Apple TV. Noel Fielding leads a cast that brings something genuine to every episode. What sets The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin apart from the dozens of similar shows is hard to pin down in a single sentence — it is partly the writing, partly the performances, partly the way it commits to its premise without flinching. Genuinely funny in a way that holds up on rewatch: that is the shorthand, but it undersells how well The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin executes on it. An audience of 78 has voted with their time — and their score reflects a run without many weak episodes. The streaming access means you can form your own opinion tonight, without any barrier to entry.

Originally commissioned by Apple TV, The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin quickly became exactly the kind of show that viewers rearrange their evenings for. Legendary highwayman Dick Turpin sets out on a series of wildly absurd escapades when he's made the reluctant leader of a band of outlaws—and tasked with outwitting utterly corrupt lawman Jonathan Wilde. It aired in 2024–2025. The real test of any comedy is whether it is still funny once you know all the jokes, and The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin holds up on rewatch in a way that separates it from one-season curiosities. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

If you need a comedy that actually makes you laugh rather than just smile politely, The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin is a strong candidate — fans of The Rifleman will recognise the sensibility immediately. The writing is sharp without being exhausting, and the jokes land because they are grounded in characters you have had time to understand. The run is exactly long enough to let the relationships develop without wearing out its welcome. Put it on on a weeknight when you need something that is not going to demand your full concentration, then find it demanding your full concentration. This is what good comedy does.