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
Streaming rank this week: 143
Press clippings Page 6
Previews of BBC Christmas comedy specials
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, Ghosts, Motherland, QI and King Gary.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd December 2020Village of Staithes basks in BBC fishing limelight
Interest in North Yorkshire beauty spot has rocketed since Mortimer & Whitehouse's Christmas special.
Rhi Storer, The Guardian, 20th December 2020Lunacy and poignancy in Bob & Paul's riverbank tales
It's like the World's Least Strongest Man Contest (North-East Regional Final) when Chris "Driving Home for Christmas" Rea shuffles into the pub to compare ailments with Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse.
Aidan Smith, The Scotsman, 19th December 2020Gone Fishing review
Need a comedy straight man to crack the jokes? Bob's your uncle!
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 14th December 2020Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Christmas Fishing review
Comic babble and the odd catch in the throat.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 14th December 2020Mortimer & Whitehouse on the success of Gone Fishing
Christmas has come to Gone Fishing, and all is quiet and still. That's because Bob Mortimer, the man who invariably knocks rods out of their holders and is likely to have scared away many more fish than he's ever caught, hasn't yet arrived.
Michael Hodges, Radio Times, 13th December 2020Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Christmas Fishing, BBC2
A life-affirming look at the festive season.
Kasia Delgado, i Newspaper, 13th December 2020Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Christmas Fishing, review
As ever with Mortimer and Whitehouse, the true catch of the day is watching these two old friends shoot the breeze.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 13th December 2020Gone Fishing is like The Trip on statins
Two comedians chat about their health and try to catch salmon - a simple premise but, as their Christmas special shows, one that's utterly charming.
Joel Golby, The Guardian, 12th December 2020Mortimer & Whitehouse interview
Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse tell The Big Issue why their fishing series caught an even bigger audience this year.
Adrian Lobb, The Big Issue, 12th December 2020