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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!
Source: BBC 2
Most recent episodes of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 5: Episode 4
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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
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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 ...
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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
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02-10-2025
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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 4: Episode 3
Paul and Bob are in the Lake District to fish at some of the UK’s best-loved beauty spots – Derwentwater and Watendlath Tarn. In a change from the norm, this time Bo ...
20-08-2025
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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
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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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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
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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
BBC 2
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 4: Episode 1
Paul and Bob visit their most dazzling and extraordinary destination to date, the island of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. Completely unlike anywhere they have fished before, ...
06-08-2025
BBC 2
Most popular episodes of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 4: Episode 5
Paul and Bob travel to Mid Wales, to fish for wild carp in some equally wild and wonderfully picturesque lake locations. They've had success catching both mirror and common carp ...
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BBC 2
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
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05-12-2024
BBC 2
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 5: Episode 2
Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer, alongside trusty terrier Ted, travel to the Crogen Estate in north Wales to fish the River Dee for the glorious grayling, a fish which has so f ...
26-08-2025
BBC 2
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
BBC 2
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Series 7: 1. Rocklands Mere, Norfolk – Tench
Paul and Bob are fishing for tench - a fish they have not targeted since the first series. They arrive at Rocklands Mere, a secluded hidden gem in the quaint village of Rockland ...
04-06-2025
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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 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
BBC 2