- That's Your Funeral
Infobox British television
show_name = That's Your Funeral
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format =Comedy
runtime = 30 minutes per episode
creator = Peter Lewis
starring =Bill Fraser Raymond Huntley
David Battley and David King
country = UK
channel =BBC One
first_aired = (pilot)March 25 ,1970
last_aired =February 26 ,1971
num_episodes = 6 x 30 mins, 1 x 30 min pilot.
producer =BBC
related ="That's Your Funeral" was a
BBC sitcom from 1971. The show was about a North of Englandfuneral director called Basil Bulstrode (Bill Fraser). It used numerousurban legends about the funeral industry in its storylines. The show only lasted for one series before being axed.
A very similar theme was used far more successfully in theITV sitcom "In Loving Memory".Film
In 1972, the sitcom was adapted into a film version. The plot centres around a rival undertaker's firm being used as a front for drug smuggling. Directed by
John Robins , as well as the usual cast it featured numerous well known actors such asFrank Thornton ,Dennis Price andRoy Kinnear . However, the film performed poorly at the box office.ee also
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List of films based on British sitcoms External links
*imdb title|id=0065350 (TV series)
*imdb title|id=0070790 (film)
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