THE TWO stars of BBC’s Gone Fishing spent a night in a canal boat in Harlow.

Sunday nights episode saw Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse staying in a canal boat called the Stort Challenger which sits just by Parndon Mill.

Following his heart surgery in 2015, Bob Mortimer was invited by his longtime friend and colleague Paul Whitehouse, who has also had heart surgery, to go on a fishing trip to help with his recuperation. This gave them the idea for their BBC programme Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. 

In an interview with the Daily Express, Bob said: “I remember approaching this beautiful river for the first time and thinking that everyone should be able to get a ticket that allows them to have a two-hour stare at this environment.” 

The episode saw the duo fishing in various parts of the River Lea.