Bob Mortimer on gardening’s unfolding stories, fishing, and amazing alliums

It’s the first episode of Outsiding and we have found the perfect guest to welcome into our garden. Bob Mortimer is an adored comedian, presenter, writer and actor, who loves the outdoors with the same passion as he does big TVs. Bob joins Caitlin and Adam to chat about the paperback release of his third novel, The Long Shoe, a book that, as we find out, has plenty of Bob’s charm and personality within it. But, before that, Bob gets a tour of Caitlin’s new garden plot and is invited to christen the project ahead of its upcoming transformation. Then, over pocket meats and pies we journey through Bob’s love of life outdoors from walking and gardening to spending time with Paul Whitehouse on Gone Fishing. We get new names for established plants, marvel at the wonder of oaks trees, and Adam is given a special gift. We have our first gardening friend and we’re delighted it’s Bob, a certified national treasure! Let us know what you think of our first episode and please send us your favourite outside places, memories and gardening questions to hello@outsiding.co.uk Follow Outsiding on Substack for gardening tips, tricks, live Q&As with Adam and the progress of Caitlin’s garden project. Find us on Instagram too. You can watch full episodes of Outsiding on Spotify and YouTube. Outsiding is a Cold Glass Production 00:00 Welcome to Outsiding! 01:31 Bob Mortimer is joining us! 02:59 Bob shares his thoughts 04:40 Christening Catlin’s garden 05:21 Settling in & why Outsiding 06:42 Creative rituals, childhoods outside and pork pies 13:23 The beauty of walks, pubs and good TV 17:07 Talking trees 18:54 Bob’s writing process 22:06 Bob’s new book: The Long Shoe 24:24 Quickfire 26:40 What is it about gardening? 29:54 Gardening design no’s? 30:52 Bob’s love for Alliums 32:08 From bus nostalgia to show and tell 36:42 Gone Fishing appreciation 39:10 Bob’s new plant names 42:10 Garden gifts & goodbye to Bob 44:58 Get in touch! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices