Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing is a TV show on BBC2. Two friends, beautiful places and a good natter. Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse go on a life-affirming, funny journey, sharing their changed outlooks and trying to land a catch. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 56 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in January 2026.
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40:00Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Paul, Bob and terrier Ted travel to Wales to fish in the remote and stunning landscape of the River Irfon and the Upper Wye. It’s also Ted’s birthday, but how will they celebrate?
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Paul and Bob decide to try and catch a legendary pike - facing the future, they write a eulogy for each other and invite a consultant cardiologist to dinner for some medical tips.
40:00Paul fishes at the famous Bridge Pool near Christchurch in Dorset in a bid to catch sea trout - Bob arrives late, but he redeems himself by hooking the first fish of the day.
40:00Paul and Bob fish on the River Wensum in search of roach - they realise that age is taking its toll on their physicality, but Bob has a plan to help Paul recapture his youth.
40:00Paul teaches Bob how to fly-fish for rainbow trout in the Monsal Valley in Derbyshire - they also discuss their beginnings in showbusiness and gossip about their contemporaries.
40:00Paul and Bob fish for the mighty barbel in Hay-on-Wye - passing a graveyard, they muse about the future and chat to a local vicar about death and their own funerals.
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35:00Bob and Paul return to the Derbyshire Wye and its neighbour the Derwent - the very place they first fished on the programme together - to revisit the place with Ted.
40:00The pair head to the incredible tidal outcrop of Burgh Island on the south coast of Devon - their quarry is wrasse, but a very special surprise awaits Paul and terrier Ted.
40:00Paul and Bob fish for crucian carp at a sequestered lake in Shropshire - in the hopes of guaranteeing success, they elect to stay lakeside in overnight bivouacs.
40:00Paul, Bob and Ted travel to the Hampshire Avon - a home to one of the UK's most diverse fish populations - as Bob enjoys the unique accommodation and Ted has a blind date.
40:00Paul and Bob head to a hidden pike lake in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland where they have an overnight stay in a 15th-century haunted castle.
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40:00Paul and Bob fish on the River Ure. They meet the surgeon who performed Bob's life-saving heart bypass and re-enact all the drama of the operating table.
40:00Paul and Bob fly to Enniskillen to fish for the Pike which eluded them in series one. They discuss their respective bad habits and Bob gives Paul a thorough health update.
Bob, Paul and Ted head to Devon and Cornwall for the festivities this year. They meet local legend Dawn French, have a bankside consultation with Dr Anand Patel and cook a meal with Paul Ainsworth.
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40:00Bob and Paul revisit the River Wye in Herefordshire - having fished the Middle Wye for barbel before, this time they head to the spectacular Lower Wye to fish for chub.
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40:00At the Upper Tamar Lakes, Paul and Bob fish for the predatory perch. When Bob reveals this week's accommodation which leaves Paul almost speechless.
40:00Bob and Paul set off for The River Tay in Scotland. A ghillie guides them up the river and they try to catch the elusive fish, whilst discussing luck and fate.
To celebrate another year of fishing, Paul and Bob travel to south west France to fish the River Lot and soak up the local French culture. Will Ted manage to make the journey too?
Bob, Paul and Ted travel to Scotland to celebrate Hogmanay. They fish the rivers Dee and Tay and throw a spectacular party to see in the new year with some very special guests.