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He’s too kind. He’s saying it in “We went down to the river,” Paul response to my own claim that I recalls, “and we became like two kids. need to lose two. You get lost in this magical world. “Well, you’d be f***ing slim if you lost That’s such a rare thing these days, to two, Mike,” he insists. fi nd something that stops you thinking Paul Whitehouse agrees – even when about anything else.” PAUL: Trout I tell them both I tip the scales at “I’d never quite known what ‘living in 16stone-plus. the moment’ means,” admits Bob. “But “You don’t look it,” says Bob. if you’re sat on a riverbank watching a “No, that’s cruiserweight,” Paul as- fl oat, and three hours drift by without sures me. you realising, you feel like it must be Which makes me feel a whole lot good, this kind of meditation.” better. Not that all this health talk dominates But why on earth are we having the show. this conversation, me and “Hopefully we do it in two of Britain’s best-loved a fairly unpretentious, Pictures comics? lightly-said way,” says Well, because you Paul, “rather than know how hard it ladling it on.” can be to get a C o m e d y - w i s e , : TIMMERRY doctor’s appoint- You get there’s no script. ment? I fi gured It’s just two they’d be the next blokes, mates for best thing. lost in this years, enjoying Just kidding. each other’s It is actually company, mak- because health magical ing each other scares were the (and us) laugh, trigger for a fi ne but never forcing new TV series world...it’s the issue. this pair have “We have not made – Mortimer got an established And Whitehouse: so rare comedy relation- Gone Fishing, starting ship,” Bob points out. on Wednesday on BBC “This is just how we Two. A show that’s both are as friends.” funny and poignant. Also, some of the show’s Both guys, you see, have had major scenery is stunning. heart problems. Paul, who turned 60 “That was something we were keen course they have to be extra- “I’d smoked since I was 12.” “Me interesting label to give it, guys. in May, had stents fi tted a while back. to showcase,” says Paul. “This is careful about these days. too,” admits Paul, who packed “Reasonably” heart-healthy! What Bob, a year younger, needed a triple England looking beautiful.” Having said that, I notice Bob them in some years back. next, an M&S “Reasonably Heart- bypass in 2015. But also on these trips, he admits, fries himself an egg in episode Menu-wise, Bob certainly Healthy” range? “And fi shing became a way of us re- “there’s the lure of the pub and food. one. “Well, eggs are OK,” he as- likes to experiment now. “Yeah!” Bob cries, not only inspired sponding to our heart disease, counter- That’s another element”. sures me. He says: “On the show I by this suggestion but seemingly keen acting the stress,” Paul explains. “It’s a BIG element,” Bob chips in. Yeah, but fried, Bob? cook things like a pizza to promote such a product. “That’s the “After I had my op,” Bob tells me, “Fishing can be exhausting. You feel “Exactly!” Paul butts in. “You with a caulifl ower base in- advert, Paul!” “I was just sat at home doing noth- you’ve earned your pint.” tell him, Mike! I keep on his stead of carbs. And Paul agrees. “Yes!” he exclaims. ing, watching telly, feeling quite “Yeah,” Paul agrees, “and the pie.” case but, you know, I’m not his “I also make stuff with “That’s it, that’s the one we want: the vulnerable. Talking of food, that’s Bob’s job at mum or dad.” chestnuts and dates.” Reasonably Heart-Healthy range. We “The whole experience had scared the each of their stops. To be fair, Bob has made some “Yes,” confi rms Paul. “In just want an advert out of this!” s**t out of me. While Paul leads the way angling-wise pretty big changes to his diet since every episode there is Mortimer And Whitehouse: Gone “It was Paul who teased me out. He (fi rst stop: Norfolk, fi shing for tench), the op. He’s also quit the fags. something reasonably heart- Fishing starts on Wednesday on BBC didn’t force me, but he wouldn’t let me Bob prepares their meals. Which of “I was a big smoker,” he confesses. healthy.” Hmm, that’s an Two at 10pm.

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