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 was a BBC sitcom from 1971 about a North of England funeral director called Basil Bulstrode (Bill Fraser). Storylines used many urban legends about the funeral industry. It was cancelled after one series.

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A very similar theme was used far more successfully 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 same timeslot That's Your Funeral aired on the network BBC One and BBC One Wales.

Film

In 1972, the sitcom was adapted into a motion picture version by Hammer Films. [1] It was one of a series of big screen adaptations of sitcoms at the time. The film was theatrically released in 1973 to a very spotty release, distributed by Fox-Rank. [2]

The plot concerns two rival undertakers whose firms are used as fronts for drug smuggling. Directed by John Robins, as well as the usual cast it featured well known actors Roy Kinnear, Dennis Price, Sue Lloyd, Richard Wattis, John Ronane and Frank Thornton. [3] However, the film performed poorly at the box office.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "That's Your Funeral | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (5 February 2025). "Forgotten British film moguls – Nat Cohen: Part Five (1971-1988)". Filmink. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Thats Your Funeral 1972 | Britmovie | Home of British Films". Britmovie. Retrieved 16 March 2014.


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