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 - 2023
  • 40 episodes (6 series)

Comedy series observing Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer fishing together.

  • Due to return for Series 7
  • Series 4, Episode 1 repeated Saturday at 5:20pm on Dave
  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 1,907

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Series 1, Episode 3 - Rainbow Trout (Derbyshire Wye)

In the beautiful Monsal Valley in Derbyshire, Paul teaches Bob how to fly-fish for wild rainbow trout.

Further details

In the beautiful Monsal Valley in Derbyshire, Paul teaches Bob how to fly-fish for wild rainbow trout. While fishing, they discuss their humble beginnings in show business and have a good gossip about their contemporaries. Bob cooks Paul his very personal recipe of 'tuna Melanie' on the river bank, and it soon transpires his cooking is a lot more successful than his fishing.

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 4th July 2018
Time
10pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Sunday 8th July 2018 5:50pm BBC2
Thursday 21st March 2019 7:30pm BBC2
Wednesday 4th December 2019 10:30pm BBC4
Sunday 23rd August 2020 7:00pm Dave
Sunday 7th February 2021 6:20pm Dave
Sunday 21st November 2021 6:20pm Dave
Wednesday 13th April 2022 8:20am Dave
Sunday 8th May 2022 11:45am Dave
Sunday 29th May 2022 8:00pm Dave
Friday 19th May 2023 8:20pm Dave
Saturday 10th June 2023 2:20pm Dave
Saturday 12th August 2023 2:20pm Dave
Saturday 20th January 2024 6:20pm Dave

Cast & crew

Cast
Paul Whitehouse Host / Presenter
Bob Mortimer Host / Presenter
Production team
Leo McCrea Series Director
Nicky Waltham Series Producer
Stephanie Fyfe Producer
Lisa Clark Executive Producer
David Brindley Executive Producer
Doug Bryson Editor
Myles Richardson Editor

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