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This week\u2019s episode of The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin<\/a> ends on a sombre note, with a dedication to late crew member David Thacker.<\/p>\n The series is currently airing weekly on Apple TV+, with Noel Fielding starring as a fictionalised version of the infamous highwayman, who couldn\u2019t be further from the historical figure.<\/p>\n Production took place over several months with stars Fielding, Asim Chaudhry and Duayne Boachie speaking highly of a hilarious working environment at a press conference last month.<\/p>\n Tragically, one crew member by the name of David Thacker was not able to see the project through to completion and episode 4 is dedicated to his memory.<\/p>\n David Thacker worked on numerous major television projects over many years, specialising in the sound department as a recordist and boom operator.<\/p>\n He was hired to work on The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin and did so while receiving treatment for cancer.<\/p>\n David fought the illness for several months, but very sadly, his condition worsened and he passed away in October 2023.<\/p>\n David went to the University of the West of England, where he studied Media Practice, before going on to work on a wide variety of shows, from action-packed thriller 24 to daytime medical soap Doctors.<\/p>\n A JustGiving page<\/a> set up for his family includes dozens upon dozens of messages praising his kind personality, sharp wit and excellent reputation in the film and television industry.<\/p>\n Specifically, his work on The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin (under its working title Horseface) was described as \u201cfantastic\u201d.<\/p>\n Production companies Big Talk and Red Planet were among his clients as a freelancer, while he was also a member of The Association of Motion Picture Sound.<\/p>\n His dedication at the end of Dick Turpin episode 4 honours his contribution to British film and television.<\/p>\n The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin is available to stream on Apple TV+.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n The touching dedication is included at the end of this week’s episode. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":47881,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/03\/who-was-david-thacker-dick-turpin-pays-tribute-to-late-crew-member-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/03\/who-was-david-thacker-dick-turpin-pays-tribute-to-late-crew-member-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/03\/who-was-david-thacker-dick-turpin-pays-tribute-to-late-crew-member-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/03\/who-was-david-thacker-dick-turpin-pays-tribute-to-late-crew-member-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/03\/who-was-david-thacker-dick-turpin-pays-tribute-to-late-crew-member-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/03\/who-was-david-thacker-dick-turpin-pays-tribute-to-late-crew-member-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/03\/who-was-david-thacker-dick-turpin-pays-tribute-to-late-crew-member-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The touching dedication is included at the end of this week's episode.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/47880"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Who was David Thacker? Dick Turpin tribute explained<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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