Bob Mortimer
- 65 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and comedian
Press clippings Page 10
Gone Fishing review
Need a comedy straight man to crack the jokes? Bob's your uncle!
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 14th December 2020Mortimer & Whitehouse on the success of Gone Fishing
Christmas has come to Gone Fishing, and all is quiet and still. That's because Bob Mortimer, the man who invariably knocks rods out of their holders and is likely to have scared away many more fish than he's ever caught, hasn't yet arrived.
Michael Hodges, Radio Times, 13th December 2020Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Christmas Fishing, BBC2
A life-affirming look at the festive season.
Kasia Delgado, i Newspaper, 13th December 2020Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Christmas Fishing, review
As ever with Mortimer and Whitehouse, the true catch of the day is watching these two old friends shoot the breeze.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 13th December 2020Gone Fishing is like The Trip on statins
Two comedians chat about their health and try to catch salmon - a simple premise but, as their Christmas special shows, one that's utterly charming.
Joel Golby, The Guardian, 12th December 2020Mortimer & Whitehouse interview
Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse tell The Big Issue why their fishing series caught an even bigger audience this year.
Adrian Lobb, The Big Issue, 12th December 2020Why Whitehouse was 'knocked out' by Teesside's beauty
Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse's Christmas special was filmed in our region and left comedian 'knocked out' by the beauty of our area.
Joanne Welford, Teesside Gazette, 9th December 2020Posters revealed for Vic & Bob's The Glove
The first posters have emerged for The Glove, the film written by and starring Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer.
British Comedy Guide, 16th October 2020Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing to return for fourth series
Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse are to return to BBC Two next year in a fourth series of their light-hearted angling comedy series, Gone Fishing.
British Comedy Guide, 29th September 2020With comedy, I'd rather be offended than bored
New director-general Tim Davie will reportedly steer TV comedy to the right to correct years of perceived anti-Tory bias. But it was Brexit, not the BBC, that put a spanner in British humour.
Suzanne Moore, The Guardian, 2nd September 2020