Radio Times

Review by:

Emma Sturgess

No matter how full of life you might be feeling when a documentary about funerals comes on, give it half an hour and you’ll be planning your own grand exit.

This second episode of Dead Good Job is about the ways in which we personalise the last goodbye, even when the strictures of religion mean that mourners can’t always have exactly what they want.

Sometimes the bereaved need a lot of help and support to get things “right”; others know instinctively how to throw a party. And at the party to celebrate the life of businessman Derek Hunt, a funeral photographer is on hand to capture rituals that are as significant as they are sad.

About this programme

2/3. A Muslim woman who has lost touch with her faith struggles to come to terms with Islamic conventions for the dead as she arranges her father's burial. Elsewhere, Hindu undertaker Chandu Tailor ensures his religion's rituals are carried out properly so that the soul can be reincarnated, a Christian man in London receives help in coping with the loss of his elderly wife, and the sensitive nature of a funeral photographer's work is discussed. Narrated by Fern Britton.

Cast and crew

Cast

Narrator

Fern Britton

Crew

Executive Producer

Tommy Nagra

Series Producer

Jane Beckwith

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