That's Your Funeral

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That's Your Funeral
Format	Comedy
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
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
Original run	(pilot) March 25, 1970 – February 26, 1971

That's Your Funeral was a BBC sitcom from 1971. The show was about a North of England funeral director called Basil Bulstrode (Bill Fraser). It used numerous urban 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 the ITV sitcom In Loving Memory.

[edit] 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 as Frank Thornton, Dennis Price and Roy Kinnear. However, the film performed poorly at the box office.