Fun at the Funeral Parlour (2001)

Genre

sitcom

Country

United Kingdom

Length

2 seasons, 13 episodes

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A sitcom set in a family-run funeral home in a small Welsh town. It follows the misfortunes of the staff as they deal with unusual deaths and awkward customers.

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What happens

Fun at the Funeral Parlour was a comedy series broadcast on BBC Choice and BBC Three for two series in 2001 and 2002. It was set in a Welsh funeral directors called "Thomas, Thomas, Thomas and Thomas". It is set around the Swansea area of south Wales in the fictitious town of Trebanos in tribute to the writer's father who came from the real town in that area. The series was written by Rhys Thomas with the script edited by Charlie Higson. Rhys also starred in the show alongside William Thomas, Alex Lowe and Tony Way. Thomas created the show at the age of 20, after contributing to The Fast Show becoming the youngest person ever to create, write, and star in their own TV sitcom. The second series featured a theme tune written and performed by Queen's guitarist, Brian May. He and producer of the series, Simon Lupton went on to work with Brian May and Queen on numerous DVDs and Queen documentaries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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