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Gone Fishing's Bob Mortimer replaced by much-loved comic after major health update (www.mirror.co.uk)

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Bob Mortimer has been replaced at the last minute by TV comic Lee Mack for his TV show Gone Fishing as the comedian had fallen ill with shingles

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Strange decision. The relationship between Bob and Paul is so essential to the show, I'm surprised they didn't postpone filming that episode. But I'll still watch it.

I think there was a magic in that first series that they haven't come close to capturing since. It was so raw and honest and unpretentious, it was a work of art about what it means to be a guy who is getting old and watching in helpless despondence as his body falls apart around him. They seem much more guarded in subsequent series.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I wonder if they film quite close to broadcast. This doesn't appear as a "box set" on iPlayer which suggests they've not finished filming before the series starts. This article sounds like it's just happened, so they are probably still filming this series rather than next? With that short lead time they wouldn't be able to postpone (unless they skipped a week, but that's annoying for the schedulers and listings guides)