That's Your Funeral

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That's Your Funeral
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Created byPeter Lewis
Starring Bill Fraser
Raymond Huntley
David Battley
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes6 × 30 mins, 1 × 30 min pilot
Production
Producer BBC
Running time30 minutes per episode
Original release
Network BBC One
Release25 March 1970 (1970-03-25) (pilot) –
26 February 1971 (1971-02-26)

That's Your Funeral is a 1971 BBC sitcom written by Peter Lewis and starring Bill Fraser, Raymond Huntley and David Battley, about a North of England funeral business. [1] Storylines used urban legends about the funeral industry. It ran for one series of six episodes, [2] following the pilot episode "Last Tribute" broadcast as the 25 March 1970 edition of Comedy Playhouse . [1]

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A similar theme was used in the ITV sitcom In Loving Memory .

BBC One Scotland and BBC One Northern Ireland dropped the show to accommodate their regional programmes in the timeslot That's Your Funeral aired on the network BBC One and BBC One Wales.[ citation needed ]

Cast

Film spinoff

The sitcom was adapted into a film version by Hammer Films, [3] [4] theatrically released in 1973, distributed by Fox-Rank. [5]

The plot concerns two rival undertakers whose firms are used as fronts for drug smuggling. Directed by John Robins, in addition the TV cast it featured Roy Kinnear, Dennis Price, Sue Lloyd, Richard Wattis, John Ronane and Frank Thornton. [6] The film performed poorly at the box office.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 "That's Your Funeral". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  2. ↑ Lewisohn, Mark (2003). The Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy. BBC Worldwide Ltd. p. 758. ISBN   0563487550.
  3. ↑ "That's Your Funeral". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "That's Your Funeral | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (5 February 2025). "Forgotten British film moguls – Nat Cohen: Part Five (1971-1988)". Filmink. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Thats Your Funeral 1972 | Britmovie | Home of British Films". Britmovie. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
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