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Paul Whitehouse

Paul Whitehouse

  • 66 years old
  • Welsh
  • Actor and writer

Press clippings Page 17

New show in which Sally Phillips invites comedians to talk about their favourite sketches and re-enact one, too. First up is Paul Whitehouse, choosing Python's Argument Sketch, Kathy Burke channelling Liam Gallagher in Kevin and Perry, and the late, great Felix Dexter in Bellamy's People. A pure joy.

Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 5th October 2018

Gone Fishing crowned Radio Times champion

Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing has been crowned overall Champion in the Radio Times poll. The BBC2 series beat the other genre winners Versailles, Derry Girls and Shadowhunters in a four-way vote off.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th August 2018

Bob & Paul to go fishing again

BBC Two has ordered a second series of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, to broadcast in 2019.

British Comedy Guide, 9th August 2018

The final riverbank rumination in a series ornamented by Bob Mortimer's buffoonery, not to mention his ineptitude with a fishing rod. Paul Whitehouse remains infinitely patient as the pair go after pike on the Test in Hampshire for their final outing - and fear they may have to settle for perch.

Mike Bradley, The Guardian, 25th July 2018

Gone Fishing has been the perfect antidote to bleak TV

You might not have thought that two ageing comedians bumbling around Britain in their waders would make for one of the surprise TV highlights of 2018. But Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing definitely has been.

Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 25th July 2018

Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing review

What is more important than friendship and health? Not a lot as far as I can tell.

Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 23rd July 2018

The utter joy of Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

Don't waste time, seek it out and I'm sure you'll fall under its spell as I have.

Luke, The Custard TV, 19th July 2018

This week finds the comedians in Dorset, on the trail of the hardest-fighting fish that swims in British waters: the sea trout. Mortimer arrives late to find Whitehouse singing to the trout from his dinghy; after a while the pair head off to try to lure sea bass from a boat off the Needles.

Mike Bradley, The Guardian, 18th July 2018

Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer interview

Over suet pudding at London's oldest restaurant, the comedians discuss fishing, heart surgery, and staying in touch with their inner child.

Tim Adams, The Guardian, 15th July 2018

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, episode 4, review

One of summer's surprise TV treats.

Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 11th July 2018

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