The duo often open up about their personal lives on the BBC Two fishing series. <\/p>
Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse will return for another series of their BBC travel series, Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing<\/a>.<\/p>\n This time round, the duo will be heading to Lake District and Lincolnshire, with the hope of catching some fish, of course, while they give their commentary on their surroundings and everyday lives.<\/p>\n The BBC show has become quite popular since it first aired in 2018, with the pair opening up about their personal lives, particularly Bob, who underwent a triple-heart bypass after it was discovered that \u201c95 per cent\u201d of his arteries were blocked.<\/p>\n Bob, 62, has spoken openly about his surgery on the show, along with other sensitive issues \u2013 something he says has \u201cchanged\u201d him.<\/p>\n Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a>, he said: \u201cIt changed me in a tiny way, which does not happen when you get old and you\u2019re set in your ways. I\u2019ve lost that uncomfortableness, so as soon as you\u2019ve lost that thing, these are quite good things to talk about really. But our generation is a bit reluctant to breach that barrier now and actually talk about it. So, in a tiny little way, it\u2019s nice to grow a little when you\u2019re in your 60s.\u201d<\/p> Paul added: \u201cYeah it\u2019s true because we\u2019ve done a lot of comedy stuff which has been successful to an extent, but the reactions to comedy is very different to the response we get from this.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople were genuinely moved to get themselves checked. Like Bob said, we\u2019ve sort of had to become better people ourselves. It\u2019s been a lovely thing to do!\u201d<\/p>\n Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing returns with a new series on Sunday 29th<\/sup> August at 8pm on BBC Two. Series 1, 2 and 3 ar<\/b>e available to watch on BBC iPlayer. <\/strong>To find out what else is on, check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a> or visit our dedicated Entertainment<\/a> hub.<\/strong><\/p>\n The duo often open up about their personal lives on the BBC Two fishing series. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":3492,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/bob-mortimer-says-being-able-to-talk-about-heart-surgery-on-gone-fishing-changed-him.jpg",620,414,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/bob-mortimer-says-being-able-to-talk-about-heart-surgery-on-gone-fishing-changed-him-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/bob-mortimer-says-being-able-to-talk-about-heart-surgery-on-gone-fishing-changed-him-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/bob-mortimer-says-being-able-to-talk-about-heart-surgery-on-gone-fishing-changed-him.jpg",620,414,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/bob-mortimer-says-being-able-to-talk-about-heart-surgery-on-gone-fishing-changed-him.jpg",620,414,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/bob-mortimer-says-being-able-to-talk-about-heart-surgery-on-gone-fishing-changed-him.jpg",620,414,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/bob-mortimer-says-being-able-to-talk-about-heart-surgery-on-gone-fishing-changed-him.jpg",620,414,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The duo often open up about their personal lives on the BBC Two fishing series.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/3491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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