That's Your Funeral
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| That's Your Funeral | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Peter Lewis |
| Starring | Bill Fraser Raymond Huntley David Battley and David King |
| Country of origin | UK |
| No. of episodes | 6 x 30 mins, 1 x 30 min pilot. |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | BBC |
| Running time | 30 minutes per episode |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | (pilot) 25 March 1970 – 26 February 1971 |
| External links | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
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 axed after one series.
A very similar theme was used far more successfully in the ITV sitcom In Loving Memory.
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In 1972, the sitcom was adapted into a film version by Hammer Films.[1] 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 as Roy Kinnear, Dennis Price, Sue Lloyd and Frank Thornton.[2] However, the film performed poorly at the box office.
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- Use British English from November 2014
- Use dmy dates from November 2012
- Pages using infobox television with unknown parameters
- BBC television sitcoms
- Comedy Playhouse
- Pinewood Studios films
- 1970s comedy films
- Films based on television series
- Hammer Film Productions
- British comedy films
- British films
- Television shows about death
- Television programs adapted into films
