Bob Mortimer
- 65 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and comedian
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Bob Mortimer book review
The Gone Fishing star opens up.
The Times, 3rd October 2021The week in audio: And Away...
Bob Mortimer, who reads it himself, has an uneven delivery, sometimes swallowing his words, but when he steps into silly character he's absolutely hilarious.
Miranda Sawyer, The Guardian, 2nd October 2021How Bob Mortimer went from sidekick to standalone
An often moving memoir examines the comedian's unlikely journey from Big Nights Out to riverbank ruminations with Paul Whitehouse.
Stephanie Merritt, The Observer, 26th September 2021Book review: Bob Mortimer The Autobiography - And Away
Let's get the obvious out of the way. Bob Mortimer is pretty much established as a national treasure. Maybe not in the Judi Dench league just yet, but for a generation of comedy fans - maybe a couple of generations - he is up there with the showbiz legends. So it's great to hear his story of how he got there first-hand.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd September 2021Gone Fishing, BBC2, review
Four series in, this gentle show is still perfection.
Rachael Sigee, i Newspaper, 5th September 2021Caitlin Moran: Bob Mortimer became my fantasy husband
As his new memoir reveals, Bob Mortimer's early life was heartbreakingly sad. Our columnist went to his home town of Middlesbrough to hear how a shy, lonely young man became a comedy legend. This is what happened...
Caitlin Moran, The Times, 3rd September 2021Mortimer & Whitehouse: most uplifting half hour
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing was the most beautiful and uplifting half hour of the week.
Ian Hyland, The Mirror, 2nd September 2021The bad smell of Bob Mortimer
Vic and Bob's stuff is bedizened with racist material; their black- and brown-face sketches are far more abundant than those of comedians who were censured during the onset of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. This was criticism the pair completely evaded unlike their long-time collaborator Matt Lucas. And loveable Uncle Bob is the main culprit of the two, having seemingly blacked-up at every opportunity on Shooting Stars even when to do so had no obvious significance for a given sketch.
David E. J. A. Bennett, Capers Magazine, 1st September 2021Interview: Will Self
The author talks about, among other things, working on Shooting Stars, including talking about a sketch about Bob Mortimer wearing brown-face.
David E. J. A. Bennett, Capers Magazine, 31st August 2021Gone Fishing review
Gone Fishing returns for a fourth series of gentle ramblings and the old friends are as melancholy and surreal as ever.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 29th August 2021