Episode list

Rob sees how long Steve can go without mentioning his Oscar-nominated film Philomena.

Steve wakes from his dream that he is in Hollywood with Ben Stiller to find he is in bed with the Polish receptionist before he and Rob move on to L'Enclume at Cartmel,singing Kate Bush's song 'Wuthering Heights'. On arrival they sample the starter menu,read of Warren Beatty's sexual exploits in the paper and have another duel of impressions,ranging from Ray Winstone to Liam Neeson,over dinner. Afterwards Rob phones his wife for a loving chat whilst Steve rings Mischa in Las Vegas,where she is writing about prostitutes,and has a gloomy conversation with his American agent over his - lack of - a Hollywood career.

Following a visit to Bolton abbey - an excuse for Rob to quote Wordsworth =- and an outdoor breakfast at the Angel at Hetton,the guys drop in on Steve's parents,who seem to be far bigger fans of Rob than of their son. After an operatic contest in the car they return home - Rob to his welcoming family,Steve to his lonely flat. He does,however,phone his agent to turn down the American offer.

After depressing calls from home Rob and Steve get a ride on a magnificent yacht, where Rob charms attractive crew member Lucy with his impressions. More impressions inevitably follow as Rob and Steve have lunch at a beach café at San Fruttuoso before having their photos taken at Percy Shelley's house. This leads to a discussion on how the pair will be remembered in two hundred years time after which Steve reads poetry in bed whilst Rob chats to Lucy on the beach.

Arriving in the lake District Rob and Steve visit Greta Hall,formerly occupied by Coleridge - with whom Steve identifies - and the Wordsworths' home,Dove Cottage. Steve is annoyed as it's about to close and they only get in as the lady on the door is a fan of Rob's. Over dinner at the Holbeck Ghyll hotel there is the inevitable round of impressions - from Alan Bennett to Ken Bruce. No wonder Rob astutely notes that they "have the same conversation in every restaurant."

After Steve has had another nightmare he and Rob move on to Hipping Hall,self-indulgence as ever ruling on the impersonation-filled drive . At their destination they meet two young women and Steve is convinced he has met one of them,Yolanda, before. He takes her for a drive where nothing happens but he does get a call to say he has won a part in American show 'Pathological',involving a seven year contract.

The duo visit the Malham limestone pavement,where Rob quotes 'Tintern Abbey' and Steve ends up rock climbing with a boring geologist.At the Yorke Arms in the Nidderdale Valley they discuss Abba's 'The Winner Takes It All',Welsh actors and film roles they took which ended up in the cutting room. When Steve admits to writer's block on his reviews Rob suggests he take the women they have met on the trip as his inspiration,after which Steve rings his son.

Rob and Steve set sail for Limini, where they reflect on their middle age. Then it's off to the caves of Dios for some a cappella.

Rob and Steve are asked by a Sunday newspaper to do six more restaurant reviews, this time in Italy. They start at the Trattoria Della Porta in Piedmont, where Steve is impressed by Rob's - limited - Italian and Rob is amazed that Steve has eschewed alcohol and, despite vows to the contrary, they end up doing impressions. After being photographed at Byron's house in Genovese and discussing Canadian songstresses they arrive at Il Cenobio Dei Dogo at Camogli where, surrounded by attractive youngsters, they suddenly feel old.

The imminent arrival of Joe means the trip to Sicily is off but, having met Emma and Joe in a cemetery full of skulls, Rob and Steve take the ferry to Capri, where they dine at Il Riccio hotel. Here Joe announces that Steve is not a cynic and that he cried at the finale of the film 'Mamma Mia', which leads to impressions of Pierce Brosnan and other James Bond actors before Rob tells everybody that he has got the part in the Michael Mann film. After the meal Steve and Joe go for a swim and Steve tells his son he is buying a house round the corner from him and he can come and stay whilst Rob admits to Emma his fling with Lucy and asks if he should see her again. She is unable to give an answer so instead they discuss unrequited love in films.