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

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

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

Comedy series observing Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer fishing together.

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Mortimer 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 2019

Gone Fishing, episode 1 review

Lumps in the throat when Paul Whitehouse scattered his father's ashes.

Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 2nd August 2019

15 times Bob Mortimer made the world a better place

Wherever Bob Mortimer pops up, he scatters joy. To mark the return of Mortimer And Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, here's him doing that...

Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 1st August 2019

Audio: Paul Whitehouse interview

Paul Whitehouse talks about why a series about "two old gits sitting on a riverbank" has been so popular and reveals a few secrets and funnies from the forthcoming series.

Countryfile, 24th July 2019

Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer on life, death, comedy

On the first morning of filming the first series of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, one of the surprise television hits of last summer, Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer both had the same thought. "What have we done?"

Chris Harvey, The Telegraph, 14th July 2019

Mortimer & Whitehouse accidentally stayed in sex hotel

Shooting Stars legend Bob said they found couples "having it off" in jacuzzis during their stay in the Norfolk hotel.

Molly Pike, The Mirror, 24th June 2019

Derry Girls and Would I Lie To You? win Televisual Awards

Derry Girls and Would I Lie To You? were amongst the winners in the Televisual Bulldog Awards 2019.

British Comedy Guide, 14th June 2019

Mortimer & Whitehouse on fishing and heart surgery

Veteran funnymen Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse talk to Luke Rix-Standing about their new book and the life-changing health scares that inspired it.

Luke Rix-Standing, The Irish News, 30th May 2019

Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer book extract

Gone Fishing landed Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer a surprise hit. Now, in this exclusive extract from their new book, Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer reveal how their life-threatening heart operations inspired the quirkiest show on TV...

Express Digest, 14th May 2019

BAFTA TV Awards nominations

Derry Girls, Mum, Sally4Ever, Stath Lets Flats and Car Share are amongst the comedy-related nominations in the 2019 BAFTA TV Awards and BAFTA Craft Awards.

British Comedy Guide, 28th March 2019

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