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The Grand Fishing Adventure
Overview
Two close friends, globe-trotting angler Ali Hamidi and ex-pro footballer and avid fisherman Bobby Zamora (England, Spurs, West Ham, Fulham, QPR & Brighton), set off on a fishing bucket list tour around the British Isles 🇬🇧. The boys visit some of Britain’s most iconic and beautiful angling venues while setting themselves tough angling missions along the way.
Top Cast
Ali Hamidi
Self - Host
Bobby Zamora
Self - Host
Luc Boerrigter
Self - Host
Roo Abbott
Self - Host
Seasons
Season 1 (2022)
No overview available.
4 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Shropshire Shenanigans
2022-10-03Ali Hamidi and Bobby Zamora's bucket list fishing tour of Britain begins in Shropshire. The mission is to catch a specimen crucian and to also beat their UK carp PBs.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 2: Pulsating Predators
2022-10-10The second leg of the UK tour sees Ali and Bobby attempt to catch a monster shark over 400lbs from just off the north Devon coast. The boys actually hook the biggest shark they've ever seen and have to tag team on the rod to try and get the sea beast to the boat. They then venture to Norfolk in pursuit of Britain's biggest freshwater predator - the wels catfish. The duo's mission is to catch a giant over 50lbs. Chef Daniel Clifford also pays the lads another visit for a bank-side cook-a-long.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 3: The Secret Adventure
2022-10-17Ali and Bobby head to Nottinghamshire to fish the River Trent for big barbel - they then head to a secret lake and try to catch some of its huge but wily carp.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 4: Racing for Monsters
2022-10-24The final leg of the tour sees Ali and Bobby fly fish for trout in Essex before heading to the main event in Cambridgeshire, where Bob attempts to smash his UK carp PB.
Runtime: 60 min
Season 2 (2023)
No overview available.
4 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2023-10-02Ali Hamidi and Bobby Zamora's bucket list fishing tour begins in Spain on the wild Guadiana River in the centre of the country. The mission is to catch Ali's childhood dream fish - the rare comizo barbel, with a target weight of over 10lbs.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 2: Episode 2
2023-10-09The second leg of the fishing tour sees Ali Hamidi and Bobby Zamora venture to Lake Orellana in Spain. This colossal wild water is over 20,000 acres in size and holds some truly giant fish. The main mission is for both the lads to catch a 30lb-plus carp.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 3: Episode 3
2023-10-16Ali and Bobby's tour takes them to northern France this time as they compete to catch the most colourful ornamental koi carp and travel to Le Prunet, a big carp lake in Sens.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 4: Episode 4
2023-10-23In this underwater special, Ali and Bobby head to southern France and a fishing holiday complex called Iktus for the final leg of their tour to seek giant sturgeon and carp.
Runtime: N/A min
Season 3 (2025)
The third series of The Grand Fishing Adventure goes up a gear and fully embraces what goes on sub-surface with Europe’s most popular fish, the carp, by going Underwater! Fishing maniac Ali Hamidi is joined by a team of underwater filming experts, led by diver Luc Boerrigter, to expose the myths and truths of what really goes on under the surface when carp fishing. Ali will be fishing alongside his long-standing angling partner and ex-pro footballer, Bobby Zamora and big carp angler - Roo Abbott. Ali and the lads get to fully immerse themselves in the underwater unknowns to find out exactly what lies beneath. Watch them scrutinise their different carp rigs and baits by viewing a mix of underwater “Livecams”, where they can watch the action play out as it happens live from the mission control tent, but also “Spycams”, which are placed then retrieved after the events, so a type of “Carp VAR”.
4 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Chase Lakes, France
2025-04-15Ali Hamidi is joined by angling buddy Roo Abbott and diver Luc Boerrigter at Chase Lakes in France as they try to catch a carp in front of underwater cameras.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 2: Grenville, UK
2025-04-22Ali Hamidi, Bobby Zamora and Roo Abbott head to Grenville in the UK - the Lake of Dreams - to try to catch a potential British record carp on underwater cameras.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 3: Iktus, France (Part 1)
2025-04-29Ali Hamidi and Bobby Zamora head to the mighty Iktus in France for the first part of a two-part mission to catch a koi each and a team carp of 50 pounds or more.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 4: Iktus, France (Part 2)
2025-05-06The final part of Ali Hamidi and Bobby Zamora's mission at Iktus in France kicks off on the cameras as the lads try to catch a koi each and a carp of 50 pounds or more.
Runtime: 60 minVideos
THE GRAND FISHING ADVENTURE [Trailer] with Ali Hamidi & Bobby Zamora – ITV4 & ITV1
