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Gone Christmas Fishing
Gone Christmas Fishing is an hour-long festive special following Bob Mortimer as he returns to his childhood roots in Middlesbrough to fish the Rivers Esk and Tees with his dear friend and angling mentor Paul Whitehouse.\n\nAs well as trying to catch the glorious grayling, Bob also tries to ignite the joy of Christmas in Paul, who thinks the magic of the season has been long lost to commercialism.\n\nBob helps to cook a memorable turkey dinner with all the trimmings and hosts their office party for two, featuring a special guest appearance by a secret Santa who has a rather familiar face.\n\nTogether they chat to a fellow Middlesbrough lad, singer Chris Rea, about his unique memories of Yuletide, before he drives home for Christmas.\n\nThey stay in fishermen’s cottages in the beautiful harbour village of Staithes and take to the North Sea to see what they can catch before moving further north to stay in a very magical place on the moors.\n\nWill Paul finally begin to see the pleasure of Christmas through Bob’s eyes? A big surprise at the end of the programme could guarantee it!
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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Gone Christmas Fishing
Gone Christmas Fishing is an hour-long festive special following Bob Mortimer as he returns to his childhood roots in Middlesbrough to fish the Rivers Esk and Tees with his dear ...
09-12-2025
BBC 2
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 8: 5. Ceredigion - Carp And Tope
Bob is taking Paul to Ceredigion on the western Welsh coast, as he is on a mission to try to catch a tope, a rare species of shark.\n\nEven though Bob is not a fan of the sea, h ...
03-12-2025
BBC 2
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 8: 6. River Findhorn, Scottish Highlands - Salmon
Paul takes Bob to one of his favourite rivers, the beautiful Findhorn in the Scottish Highlands. They head to the Drynachan Valley on the Cawdor Estate on a quest to catch a sum ...
02-12-2025
BBC 2
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 8: 4. Birley Lake And River Wye, Herefordshire - Perch
Paul and Bob head to Herefordshire to try to land a fish which has frustratingly eluded them for so long: a big, beautiful perch. \n\nBob is determined to show Paul he has what ...
26-11-2025
BBC 2
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 8: 3. Rochdale Canal, Manchester And River Dane, Cheshire
Paul, Bob and Ted have a change of scene and travel to the city of Manchester to fish one of its many urban waterways, the Rochdale Canal. \n\nBob is in charge of this trip, as ...
19-11-2025
BBC 2
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 8: 2. Rivers Towy And Cothi, Carmarthenshire - Sea Trout
A fishing trip down memory lane beckons for Paul and Bob as they re-visit the fishing spots Paul used to go to many years previously with his father. \n\nThis is a special and v ...
12-11-2025
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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 8: 1. River Itchen, Hampshire - Wild Brown Trout
Paul takes Bob to one of his favourite rivers to fly fish – the beautiful chalk stream of the River Itchen in Hampshire. As it's Paul's birthday week, he gets to call all ...
05-11-2025
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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 5: Episode 4
Paul and Bob set off in a punt to fish for perch on a weir pool on the River Thames - leaving poor old terrier Ted forlorn on the river bank, as he is not allowed on the boat wi ...
17-10-2025
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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 5: Episode 3
Paul and Bob venture from London to the Scottish Highlands, taking a sleeper train overnight to their destination. They wake in the stunning vista of north west Scotland, where ...
10-10-2025
BBC 2
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 4: Episode 6
Paul and Bob are on the River Severn in Worcestershire to fish for zander. It’s a new species for both of them, and they enlist the help of a local guide, Tim Maslen to fi ...
02-10-2025
BBC 2
Most popular episodes of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 8: 5. Ceredigion - Carp And Tope
Bob is taking Paul to Ceredigion on the western Welsh coast, as he is on a mission to try to catch a tope, a rare species of shark.\n\nEven though Bob is not a fan of the sea, h ...
03-12-2025
BBC 2
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 8: 1. River Itchen, Hampshire - Wild Brown Trout
Paul takes Bob to one of his favourite rivers to fly fish – the beautiful chalk stream of the River Itchen in Hampshire. As it's Paul's birthday week, he gets to call all ...
05-11-2025
BBC 2
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 8: 3. Rochdale Canal, Manchester And River Dane, Cheshire
Paul, Bob and Ted have a change of scene and travel to the city of Manchester to fish one of its many urban waterways, the Rochdale Canal. \n\nBob is in charge of this trip, as ...
19-11-2025
BBC 2
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 5: Episode 3
Paul and Bob venture from London to the Scottish Highlands, taking a sleeper train overnight to their destination. They wake in the stunning vista of north west Scotland, where ...
10-10-2025
BBC 2
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 8: 4. Birley Lake And River Wye, Herefordshire - Perch
Paul and Bob head to Herefordshire to try to land a fish which has frustratingly eluded them for so long: a big, beautiful perch. \n\nBob is determined to show Paul he has what ...
26-11-2025
BBC 2
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 4: Episode 4
It’s the start of the coarse fishing season, and to celebrate Paul and Bob are in the Norfolk Broads to fish in some of East Anglia’s most historic and celebrated wa ...
05-09-2025
BBC 2
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 4: Episode 2
Paul and Bob accept a special invitation to fish the estate lake at Burghley House, which sits on the border of Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. Built in the 16th century by Wil ...
13-08-2025
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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 7: 3. Driffield Beck, East Yorkshire – Brown Trout
Paul, Bob and Ted travel to one of the UK’s most northerly chalk streams, Driffield Beck at Mulberry Whin in East Riding of Yorkshire. The river has a constant temperature ...
18-06-2025
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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 6: Episode 4
Paul and Bob venture to Sutton Lake - a sequestered lake in Shropshire. They have their eyes set on catching a fish that has proved elusive over the years - the crucian carp.\n\ ...
29-04-2025
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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 5: Episode 1
Bob and Paul start the series by fishing the beautiful river Exe in Devon, looking for Grilse, also known as the ‘summer silver’. After a day of limited success, the ...
19-08-2025
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