Bob Mortimer
- 65 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and comedian
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Chortle Awards 2022 shortlist revealed
The nominees have been announced for the Chortle Awards 2022, with Bob Mortimer, Liz Kingsman and Adam Rowe leading the shortlists, with two nominations apiece.
British Comedy Guide, 8th March 2022And Away...The Autobiography by Bob Mortimer - book review
Anyone who has followed the career of Bob Mortimer will know him to be a surrealist of some merit. Yet Bob wouldn't agree.
David Beer, Louder Than War, 4th January 2022This year's must-read books written by comedians
Including Bob Mortimer, Harry Hill, Jimmy Carr, Billy Connolly, Michael McIntyre, Daisy May Cooper and Jack Whitehall.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 16th December 2021Bob Mortimer interview
The comedian has a penchant for motorbike tours and fancies starting an OAP survival series in Canada.
Kirsty Nutkins, The Times, 28th November 2021TV review: Question Team
Maybe the programme won't be snapped up by Channel 4 like Taskmaster was, but who knows - I'd certainly watch DIY-Why-Aye every week if it was presented by Bob Mortimer.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th October 2021Book review: And Away... Bob Mortimer: The Autobiography
Now in his sixties, he is a now a much-loved, warm-hearted figure with an eccentric, unique and often spectacularly original mind. He is a national treasure.
Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 13th October 2021Question Time review
It's a good job Bob Mortimer is a guest in the opening episode of Question Team, else producers might be accused of ripping off Vic & Bob's chaotic, surreal and disrespectful approach to the panel show premise.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 12th October 2021Bob Mortimer: And Away... The Autobiography review
Here the humour is tempered with a more emotive edge, typical of a book that deftly combines all the varied aspects of Mortimer's eventful, fascinating life and paints a fully three-dimensional picture of this much-loved figure.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th October 2021Bob Mortimer interview
"I'm comfortable with getting older, but I try not to look in the mirror."
Katherine Hassell, The Guardian, 9th October 2021Bob Mortimer interview
"Depression is like every vein, artery and cell in your body is filled with dark sadness."
Paul Henderson, GQ, 6th October 2021