New TV
TV episodes broadcast for the first time on BBC channels
September 30, 2022
Paul and Bob fish Old Father Thames on their quest for perch.
Episode 4/6, Series 5
September 23, 2022
Paul and Bob take the sleeper train to Scotland in a quest for ferox trout.
Episode 3/6, Series 5
September 16, 2022
Paul, Bob and terrier Ted travel to the River Dee in north Wales to fish for grayling.
Episode 2/6, Series 5
September 9, 2022
New Series
Bob and Paul visit the River Exe in Devon, where they fish for summer grilse.
Episode 1/6, Series 5
December 26, 2021
Paul, Bob and Ted the dog travel to the north of England on a quest for an English salmon.
October 3, 2021
Paul and Bob visit the River Severn in search of the elusive zander.
Episode 6/6, Series 4
September 26, 2021
Paul and Bob visit picturesque Mid Wales in search of wild carp.
Episode 5/6, Series 4
September 19, 2021
Paul and Bob take a boat trip on the Norfolk Broads.
Episode 4/6, Series 4
September 12, 2021
Paul and Bob visit the Lake District, where Bob spent much of his teenage years.
Episode 3/6, Series 4
September 5, 2021
Paul and Bob fish in the private and tranquil lake at Burghley House.
Episode 2/6
August 29, 2021
New Series
Paul and Bob travel to the remote island of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides.
Episode 1/6
December 13, 2020
Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse return to Bob’s childhood home of Middlesbrough.
September 27, 2020
Bob and Paul return to the River Wye, Bob’s favourite river, to fish for chub.
Episode 6/6, Series 3
September 20, 2020
Paul and Bob go lake fishing in Wiltshire for the shy and elusive crucian carp.
Episode 5/6, Series 3
September 13, 2020
Paul and Bob fish for brown trout on the beautiful River Test in Hampshire.
Episode 4/6, Series 3
September 6, 2020
Paul and Bob visit Norfolk to go lake fishing for what they hope will be a monster pike.
Episode 3/6, Series 3
August 30, 2020
Paul takes Bob to Hertfordshire’s River Lea, where Paul fished as a teenager.
Episode 2/6, Series 3
August 23, 2020
New Series
Paul and Bob visit the River Tweed in Scotland to continue their quest to catch a salmon.
Episode 1/6, Series 3
September 6, 2019
Paul and Bob fish for grayling and meet the surgeon who performed Bob’s heart bypass.
Episode 6/6, Series 2
August 30, 2019
Paul and Bob fly to Enniskillen to fish for pike. Paul demonstrates how to perform CPR.
Episode 5/6, Series 2
August 23, 2019
At the Upper Tamar Lakes, Paul and Bob fish for the predatory perch.
Episode 4/6, Series 2
August 16, 2019
Bob has harboured a childhood dream to catch a salmon, so they set off for the River Tay.
Episode 3/6, Series 2
August 9, 2019
Paul and Bob brave the wild lakes of Essex in search of the mighty carp.
Episode 2/6, Series 2
August 2, 2019
New Series
Paul and Bob travel to the River Usk in Wales, where Paul’s father taught him to fish.
Episode 1/6, Series 2
July 25, 2018
Paul and Bob try and catch a legendary pike and write a eulogy for each other.
Episode 6/6, Series 1