Tales From the riverbank
TV & Satellite Week|August 22, 2020
Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse give seven good reasons to watch their hugely popular fishing show
IAN MACEWAN, ALISON SLADE
Tales From the riverbank

You might not expect viewers to get hooked on a TV series in which two men in their 60s go fishing. But Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, in which old friends Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse do exactly that, has proved to be a surprise hit.

As the show returns for a third series, starting with a trip to the River Tweed in Scotland in search of salmon, we asked Mortimer, 61, and Whitehouse, 62, to give us seven reasons why we should tune in...

1 MOTHER NATURE

Mortimer The No.1 reason to watch Gone Fishing is to see the British countryside.

Whitehouse That’s what I was going to say. But Bob’s right, your breath is taken away by some of the places.

Mortimer There’s that lovely reveal, when you first see the river – the only thing I can compare it to is when you come up the steps at a football stadium and see the pitch. You realise that there’s something bigger than us.

Whitehouse Am I going to have to concede that there’s a higher power, Bob? I’ve been holding out my whole life…

2 FRIENDSHIP

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