Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
- TV factual
- BBC Two
- 2018 - 2024
- 48 episodes (7 series)
Comedy series observing Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer fishing together.
- Due to return for Gone Christmas Fishing 2024
- Catch-up on Series 7, Episode 8
Streaming rank this week: 359
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Series 2, Episode 1 - Wild Brown Trout (River Usk, South Wales)
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 2nd August 2019
- Time
- 8pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Paul Whitehouse | Host / Presenter |
| Bob Mortimer | Host / Presenter |
| 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 2019Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, review
The template of joshing and musing against gorgeous scenery is totally unchanged, but should provide the perfect Friday night wind-down.
Jeff Robson, i Newspaper, 2nd August 2019Gone Fishing, episode 1 review
Lumps in the throat when Paul Whitehouse scattered his father's ashes.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 2nd August 2019