Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing — Season 5
About this season
Comedians and lifelong friends Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse share their personal and hilarious life experiences while travelling around the UK fishing for elusive species.
Episodes (6)
1. Grilse: River Eve, Devon
Aired 9 September 2022 • 30 min
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, they enjoy a game of cricket before having a go at some shore fishing at Bossington Beach in Somerset.
2. Grayling: River Dee, North Wales
Aired 16 September 2022 • 30 min
Paul, Bob and trusty terrier Ted travel to north Wales to fish the River Dee for grayling. They try to rediscover their lost youth on this trip, with mixed results.
3. Ferox Trout: Loch Garry, Scottish Highlands
Aired 23 September 2022 • 30 min
Paul and Bob catch the sleeper train to the Scottish Highlands to fish for ferox trout. Bob can’t resist the challenge to look for Nessie in the vast waters of Loch Ness.
4. Perch: River Thames, Berkshire
Aired 30 September 2022 • 29 min
Paul and Bob take trusty terrier Ted to fish for perch on the River Thames. Comedian Richard Herring joins the three of them for dinner.
5. Carp & Barbel: Reigate Hills, Surrey
Aired 7 October 2022 • 29 min
Paul and Bob visit the heart of the English countryside in the Surrey Hills, where they fish for carp and barbel. Health expert Dr Anand Patel joins them by the lake.
6. Brown Trout & Bream: Lough Corrib, Ireland
Aired 14 October 2022
In a first for Paul and Bob, they venture to southern Ireland to fish the mighty Lough Corrib. At 43.5km long, it is Ireland’s largest lough and one of the best places in the country to try trout fishing. This is very different to fishing the Hampshire chalk streams, as they did a few years ago - this time they are out on boats and try out a new technique called dapping.