The Completely Made-up Adventures of Dick Turpin
Apple TV+ | Release Date: March 1, 2024
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydMar 1, 2024
Season 1 Review: It’s fun and funny and Fielding is much more entertaining chattering away at the series’ various villains than a poor, harried contestant attempting to fashion a Swiss roll without cracking the sponge. Read full review
80
Paste MagazineShane RyanMar 1, 2024
Season 1 Review: It’s not going to change the world, and in 10 years you won’t see it on a list of the greatest comedies of the 2020s, but it’s smart, it’s ridiculous, and it’s defiantly unique in both style and substance. For six half-hour episodes, the world of Dick Turpin makes for a lovely escape. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonMar 1, 2024
Season 1 Review: The writers (including Jon Brittain, Richard Naylor, Ms. Downes and Messrs. Jarvis and Lane) get considerable mileage out of Turpin's given name. Which is infantile. But that doesn't mean you won't laugh. .... [Noel Fielding's] a very likable lead, one who has no delusions about what the new program is trying to do and who goes with the flow with his actorly sails unfurled. Read full review
80
Radio TimesJon O'BrienFeb 28, 2024
Season 1 Review: The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin looks like it was a lot of fun to make, and thankfully its inherent daftness is a joy to watch, too. Read full review
80
The TelegraphBenji WilsonFeb 28, 2024
Season 1 Review: Fielding has done so many panel shows and presenting gigs since The Mighty Boosh that I had forgotten what a singular talent he is. Here they just wind him up and let him go: he stands and he delivers. Read full review
75
Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewRob OwenFeb 29, 2024
Season 1 Review: Fans of “Monty Python” or “Blackadder” are the ideal audience for “The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin,” a family-friendly, often silly 1735-set adventure-comedy series that also brings to mind “Galavant” (without the songs). Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubJenna SchererFeb 28, 2024
Season 1 Review: It’s not a stretch to call Made-Up Adventures downright derivative; it wears its influences, from Our Flag to Python to Blackadder, on its anachronistic pleather sleeve. But if you love the thing a derivative show is derived from, is that really such a bad thing? We’d happily hand over our jewels to spend a little more time with this pack of ne’er-do-wells. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterAngie HanMar 1, 2024
Season 1 Review: It’s as airy as the breeze that ruffles its hero’s famously silken locks, and like any breeze its impact is minor and fleeting. But it’s fun while it lasts, and asks nothing more of us than to sit back and let the show do its thing. Just don’t expect to get much more in return. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Barbara EllenSep 10, 2024
Season 1 Review: At times, it all feels like a slightly stoned, heavily costumed 1990s/00s panto (and one with a sizeable debt to Blackadder and Taika Waititi’s recent pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death) – but it’s nicely droll and silly, with a wry, surrealist kick. Read full review
60
iIsobel LewisMar 1, 2024
Season 1 Review: Dick Turpin is an enjoyable romp, and a fun watch, but it left me thinking “what if?” more than “what next?”. Read full review
60
The GuardianLucy ManganMar 1, 2024
Season 1 Review: There are recurring gags (like dog walker Linda whose strolls take her past every hideout the gang has), there are knowing and ironic gags, there are purely silly gags and there are across the genre ones that work and ones that don’t. Read full review
60
ColliderMaggie BoccellaFeb 28, 2024
Season 1 Review: There’s nothing strictly wrong with The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin — just that it’s underwhelming, especially considering the talents lining its cast list. There’s plenty to laugh about if you know where to look, but ultimately, you’re probably better off listening to “Stand and Deliver” than watching this non-committal gang shout it at coaches. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comClint WorthingtonFeb 29, 2024
Season 1 Review: It’s a frothy and inconsequential comedy, and the snappy, jaunty score by Oli Parker and Nate Jackson is an anachronistic plus. But it’s hard not to crave more from your historical comedies. Read full review
40
DeciderJoel KellerMar 1, 2024
Season 1 Review: While we like Fielding in the lead role, The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin mostly misses the mark when it comes to the silly gags that permeate the first episode. Read full review
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