Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing is a TV show on BBC2. Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse share their life experiences while fishing. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 56 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in October 2026.
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40:00Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Paul and Bob brave the wild lakes of Essex equipped with the latest tech. They discuss the true meaning of a mid-life crisis and visit a beauty clinic.
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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.
Series 2
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40:00Paul and Bob travel to the River Usk in Wales, where Paul's father taught him to fish. They discuss their respective childhoods and reflect on their own family lives.
Series 1 40:00
40:00Paul 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.
Series 7 40:00
40:00Paul and Bob head to the River Ouse in the heart of Bedfordshire to try to catch a big perch, which has so far eluded them over the course of several series.
40:00Bob, Paul and Ted travel to Blakeney Point, a nature reserve and important nesting ground for terns and gulls, for a sea-fishing adventure off the north Norfolk coast.
Series 1 40:00
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.
Series 7 40:00
40:00Bob and Paul head to Nottinghamshire to fish for barbel in the River Trent, as well as staying in a memorable party house where they are joined by DJ Tony Blackburn.
40:00Bob and Paul head to the historic chalk stream of Driffield Beck in East Yorkshire, hoping to catch wild brown trout, while Ted is spruced up in a local doggy spa.
Series 1 40:00
40:00While in Norfolk fishing for tench, Bob tries to impress Paul and fails - after a brief respite in a local brewery, they camp down in yurts before fishing again the next day.
Series 7 40:00
40:00Bob and Paul travel to Dorset to fish for grayling in the River Frome, before turning their hands to mackerel fishing on Chesil Beach.
40:00Bob and Paul fish for rudd at Thornwood Springs Fishery in Essex, a complex of three lakes on the edges of Epping Forest, and camp overnight in a church.
Series 1 40:00
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.
Series 7 40:00
40:00Bob and Paul travel overseas for an Irish fishing trip on the River Finn, their first time angling in the waters of both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
40:00Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer head to Norfolk to fish for tench at Rocklands Mere, a hidden gem in the quaint village of Rocklands St Peter.
Series 6 40:00
40:00Bob 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.