That's Your Funeral
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| That's Your Funeral | |
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| Created by | Peter Lewis |
| Starring | Bill Fraser Raymond Huntley David Battley |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 6 x 30 mins, 1 x 30 min pilot. |
| Production | |
| Producer | BBC |
| Running time | 30 minutes per episode |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 25 March 1970 (pilot) – 26 February 1971 |
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.
A very similar theme was used far more successfully in the ITV sitcom In Loving Memory.
Film
In 1972, the sitcom was adapted into a film version by Hammer Films.[1] 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 numerous well known actors such as Roy Kinnear, Dennis Price, Sue Lloyd, Richard Wattis, John Ronane and Frank Thornton.[2] However, the film performed poorly at the box office.
References
- ^ "That's Your Funeral | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
- ^ "Thats Your Funeral 1972 | Britmovie | Home of British Films". Britmovie. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
External links
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- BBC television sitcoms
- Comedy Playhouse
- Films shot at Pinewood Studios
- 1972 comedy films
- Films based on television series
- Hammer Film Productions
- British comedy films
- Funeral homes in fiction
- Television shows about death
- Television shows adapted into films
- 1970s British films
