Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
- TV factual
- BBC Two
- 2018 - 2024
- 48 episodes (7 series)
Comedy series observing Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer fishing together.
- Continues on Sunday on BBC2 at 9pm with Series 7, Episode 8
- Catch-up on Series 7, Episode 7
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Paul Whitehouse to kick off River Tay salmon fishing season
Whitehouse, star of the BBC television series Gone Fishing, will perform the honours in the village of Meikleour, in Perth and Kinross.
STV, 15th January 2024Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023 shortlist
The 60 TV and radio programmes shortlisted across the 10 categories in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023 have been revealed. Voting is now open to determine the winners.
British Comedy Guide, 8th January 2024Mortimer And Whitehouse Gone Hogmanay Fishing review
You won't find a cheerier meditation on dying this Christmas. Bob and Paul share photos of their dead fathers, talk ill health - then rock out to 80s pop. Expect to shed a tear or two.
Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, 29th December 2023I Talk Telly Awards 2023 nominations announced
Black Ops, Changing Ends, Dreaming Whilst Black, Extraordinary, Juice, The Power Of Parker, Ruby Speaking and Significant Other are amongst the nominees in the I Talk Telly Awards 2023. Voting is now open.
British Comedy Guide, 11th November 2023Lee Mack replaces unwell Bob Mortimer on Gone Fishing
Lee Mack stepped in to replace an unwell Bob Mortimer on the upcoming episode of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, following Mortimer's hospitalisation. However, Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse are currently preparing to shoot their fourth Christmas Special for the hit BBC Two angling series.
British Comedy Guide, 28th September 2023Reviews - Gone Fishing; The Lovers
There has been a lot of H2O under the bridge since Mortimer And Whitehouse: Gone Fishing (BBC2, Sunday) first aired in 2018. What began as a tiddler of a show about two blokes with heart problems learning to take life easy, has become an established part of the television landscape.
Alison Rowet, The Herald, 9th September 2023Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, BBC Two, review: The best show about old blokes on TV
The two comics celebrate Ted's 10th birthday and the beautiful British countryside as their perfect series returns for a sixth time.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 3rd September 2023Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, BBC Two, review
This Beckettian bromance should go on and on.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 3rd September 2023Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing Series 6 start date
Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer's acclaimed comedy-and-fishing series Gone Fishing returns next week.
British Comedy Guide, 26th August 2023Punching up: how British comedy became kinder and more inclusive - without losing its edge
As British politics has got crueller, our comedy has gone in the opposite direction, becoming a haven of decency and diversity. In this extract from his new book, Different Times, David Stubbs asks if these gentler comics are the new cutting edge.
David Stubbs, The Guardian, 17th July 2023