Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing (2018)

Genre

factual television program

Country

United Kingdom

Length

8 seasons, 50 episodes

Rated

6

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two comedian friends go on fishing trips around Britain. They talk about life and health after both had major heart problems.

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What happens

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing is a factual entertainment television show featuring comedian friends Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse. The show features Mortimer and Whitehouse reflecting on life after their shared major heart problems, while on fishing trips to various locations around Britain. The series was first broadcast on BBC Two on 20 June 2018 and has been recommissioned every year since. An hour-long Christmas special was added from 2020 onwards. Series 7 was expanded to 8 episodes. In season 3, Ted the Patterdale Terrier was introduced in the show, and has been featured in most episodes since. In June 2024, the BBC commissioned the show for an eighth series; which premiered on BBC Two on 26 October 2025. Ted died in April 2026, before his final appearance in series 9 was aired. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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