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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
  • 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
  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 388

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East Yorkshire cafe owner surprised as Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer visit

A cafe owner said he was surprised when two comedy legends walked into his East Yorkshire coffee shop. Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer are thought to be filming their Gone Fishing BBC TV series in the area.

BBC, 17th May 2024

I went fishing for free with Paul Whitehouse - and so can you

The actor's TV fishing series with Bob Mortimer is an unlikely success - and now it's possible to join him on the River Test in Hampshire.

Andrew Eames, i Newspaper, 28th February 2024

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 2024

Comedy.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 2024

Mortimer 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 2023

I 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 2023

Lee 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 2023

Reviews - 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 2023

Mortimer 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 2023

Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, BBC Two, review

This Beckettian bromance should go on and on.

Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 3rd September 2023

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