Bob Mortimer
- 65 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and comedian
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Bob Mortimer 'loves' Stockton-on-Tees after Home Secretary branded it a 's**thole'
Bob Mortimer has stood up for his old stomping grounds to tell Home Secretary James Cleverly that he loved living in the area after the MP made allegations about the town.
Kate Nelson, Daily Star, 24th November 2023How Bob Mortimer became a millennial hero
Mortimer's debut novel, The Satsuma Complex, has won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse award for comic fiction - the comedian's unique brand of silliness captivates younger generations.
Emily Bootle, i Newspaper, 21st November 2023Bob Mortimer wins Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2023
Bob Mortimer has won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2023, for his book The Satsuma Complex. The judges noted he "has this strange ability to keep the reader on the very brink of guffawing for whole chapters at a time".
British Comedy Guide, 20th November 2023Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction 2023 shortlist revealed
Books by India Knight, James Hannaham, Sophie McCartney, Fergus Craig, Aravind Jayan and Bob Mortimer have been shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2023.
British Comedy Guide, 4th October 2023Lee Mack replaces unwell Bob Mortimer on Gone Fishing
Lee Mack stepped in to replace an unwell Bob Mortimer on the upcoming episode of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, following Mortimer's hospitalisation. However, Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse are currently preparing to shoot their fourth Christmas Special for the hit BBC Two angling series.
British Comedy Guide, 28th September 2023Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, BBC Two, review: The best show about old blokes on TV
The two comics celebrate Ted's 10th birthday and the beautiful British countryside as their perfect series returns for a sixth time.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 3rd September 2023Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, BBC Two, review
This Beckettian bromance should go on and on.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 3rd September 2023Bob Mortimer reveals his second novel is a mystery, The Long Shoe
Bob Mortimer has revealed that his second novel is a mystery, provisionally titled The Long Shoe, focusing on a man who loses his wife.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd September 2023Taskmaster's best prize tasks: from dead pets to hiding in Greg Davies's wardrobe
From David Baddiel's dead cat to an unforgettable haircut reveal, these are Taskmaster's finest prize task entries.
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 13th June 2023Would I Lie To You?'s funniest lies and truths
Featuring legendary moments from Bob Mortimer, Greg Davies, Claudia Winkleman and more, we celebrate Lee Mack, David Mitchell and Rob Brydon's modern TV classic.
Laura Vickers-Green, Den Of Geek, 28th April 2023