Mortimer & Whitehouse are back for a fourth series of Gone Fishing – here’s all you need to know.
The hit BBC Two show will be back on screens this summer with six brand new episodes.
The series will once again see lifelong friends and comedic royalty, Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse return to the riverbanks.
Watch Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing series 4 on TV and online
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing’s new series started on Sunday, 29 August August at 8PM. Episodes continue weekly.
You can watch the new episodes on TV or online live or via catch up on the BBC iPlayer here.
Alternatively, series 4 is available to order in full on DVD or Blu-Ray online here, released on 1 November, 2021.
Alongside series 4, you can watch the past series and specials in full online via the BBC iPlayer here.
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing 2021 episodes and spoilers
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing series 4 will air for six episodes.
Episode 1 – 29 August
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, this small, remote but beautiful island has an intricate network of tidal pools and sea lochs, making it near enough equal parts land and water and therefore the perfect place to fish for sea trout.
Episode 2 – 5 September
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, this small, remote but beautiful island has an intricate network of tidal pools and sea lochs, making it near enough equal parts land and water and therefore the perfect place to fish for sea trout.
Episode 3 – 12 September
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 Bob has chosen where they go fishing in a poignant trip down memory lane for him – this was where he used to come on camping holidays with his mates, away from parents for the first time.
Episode 4 – 19 September
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 waterways. They’re here to try for rudd – but who knows what other species they might catch in these rivers, which are rich in flora and fauna? As is the way with a trip to the Broads, Paul and Bob do away with the car and instead get around by boat. It’s the quintessential Broads experience, although Paul does wonder whether he should have been captain instead of Bob…
Episode 5 – 26 September
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 in previous trips, but trying to net a ‘Welsh wildie’ will require a different approach.
Episode 6 – 3 October (last in the series)
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 find the best spots. Paul explains to Bob how he has never even fished for zander before, let alone caught one.
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing airs on BBC Two.
