Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing: Series 2, Episode 1 - Wild Brown Trout (River Usk, South Wales)

TV factual
BBC Two
2018 - 2024
49 episodes (7 series)

Comedy series observing Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer fishing together.

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Series 2, Episode 1 - Wild Brown Trout (River Usk, South Wales)

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. Image shows from L to R: Paul Whitehouse, Bob Mortimer. Copyright: Owl Power

Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer travel to the picturesque River Usk in south Wales, where Paul's father first taught him to fish as a young child.

Further details

Comedy actors Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer travel to the picturesque River Usk in south Wales, where Paul's father first taught him to fish as a young child. The duo discuss their respective childhoods and reflect on their own family lives and values. In their cosy cottage accommodation in the heart of the countryside they compare school photographs and Paul serenades Bob with his guitar. Once outside in the picturesque environment, their quarry is the wild brown trout.

Broadcast details

Date: Friday 2^nd August 2019
Time: 8pm
Channel: BBC Two
Length: 30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Paul Whitehouse	Host / Presenter
Bob Mortimer	Host / Presenter

Production team
Will Yapp	Series Director
Stephanie Fyfe	Series Producer
Luke Holland	Producer
Lisa Clark	Executive Producer
David Brindley	Executive Producer
Doug Bryson	Editor

Press

Happy to be back in their waders, Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer return for a second series of their mix of angling and homespun philosophy. They begin with a trout-fishing trip to the River Usk, where Whitehouse's father handed him his first rod. "You're fishing with a buffoon, aren't you?" asks Mortimer after getting entangled in tackle for the umpteenth time, prompting a retreat to the riverbank for a lamb lunch seasoned with reminiscences of first snogs. A gentle treat.

Mike Bradley, The Guardian, 2nd August 2019