7 Episodes · Premiered August 23, 2020 · Ended December 13, 2020
Gone Christmas Fishing follows Bob Mortimer as he returns to his childhood roots in Middlesbrough to fish and reminisce with his dear friend and angling mentor Paul Whitehouse.
Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer return to Scotland for their latest fishing trip. Having failed to catch a salmon in the River Tay, they hope to have more luck on the Tweed. They begin their journey at the isolated Bemersyde Estate before moving on to the Bridge Pool at Kelso, one of the most famous salmon fishing spots in Scotland. They also try their hand at boat fishing and receive some mystical predictions from a familiar face.
Paul and Bob visit Paul's teenage fishing haunt, the River Lea in Hertfordshire.
Paul and Bob visit Norfolk to go lake fishing for what they hope will be a monster pike.
Paul and Bob are on the Test in Hampshire, fishing for brown trout and musing on the ephemeral nature of life.
Paul and Bob go lake fishing in Wiltshire for the shy and elusive crucian carp.
Bob and Paul return to the river Wye, Bob's favourite river, to fish for chub.