Bob Mortimer
- 64 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and comedian
Press clippings
Bob Mortimer says he saw "light at the end of the tunnel" during heart surgery
"I experienced going towards the light and feeling happier than I have ever felt, ever".
Chris Edwards, NME, 15th March 2024Bob Mortimer says he's had "very, very, very unhealthy year" that's left him with "terrible feeling"
Gone Fishing star said recent bout of illness "was worse" than major heart surgery he had in 2015.
Jacob Stolworthy, The Independent, 1st March 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 2023Bob Mortimer: 'I wanted to write like Murakami but soon realised I didn't have the talent'
The comedian and author on defacing Rudyard Kipling, being inspired by Spike Milligan and cherishing Jerome K Jerome.
Bob Mortimer, The Guardian, 22nd December 2023Painting Birds With Jim And Nancy Moir, review
Christmas comes early with a Vic & Bob reunion.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 20th December 2023Vic & Bob reunite on Painting Birds festive special
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer have reunited on screen for the first time in many years. Mortimer makes a guest appearance on the Painting Birds With Jim And Nancy Moir Christmas special.
British Comedy Guide, 7th December 2023Bob Mortimer 'loves' Stockton-on-Tees after Home Secretary branded it a 's**thole'
Bob Mortimer has stood up for his old stomping grounds to tell Home Secretary James Cleverly that he loved living in the area after the MP made allegations about the town.
Kate Nelson, Daily Star, 24th November 2023How Bob Mortimer became a millennial hero
Mortimer's debut novel, The Satsuma Complex, has won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse award for comic fiction - the comedian's unique brand of silliness captivates younger generations.
Emily Bootle, i Newspaper, 21st November 2023Bob Mortimer wins Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2023
Bob Mortimer has won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2023, for his book The Satsuma Complex. The judges noted he "has this strange ability to keep the reader on the very brink of guffawing for whole chapters at a time".
British Comedy Guide, 20th November 2023Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction 2023 shortlist revealed
Books by India Knight, James Hannaham, Sophie McCartney, Fergus Craig, Aravind Jayan and Bob Mortimer have been shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2023.
British Comedy Guide, 4th October 2023