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Duration: 1 hour

At 72, actor Richard Wilson wonders why, when it's life's one certainty, people have such difficulty discussing death.

He uncovers how death is dealt with in the 21st century - how people face it, what happens when we die, and the different ways people cope with death and grief. New rituals like roadside memorials and ghostbikes are regular sights on the roads, but old traditions still dominate.

Richard meets members of the army of people whose jobs bring them into daily contact with the dead. He follows the elaborate processes dead bodies must go through as they are passed from pathologist to embalmer, funeral director to crematorium, and finds out why individuals should make choices about death while they can.

Last on

Sat 5 Dec 2009 02:45 BBC One except HD

Credits

Presenter
Richard Wilson
Director
Daniel Child
Producer
Daniel Child
Executive Producer
Dinah Lord

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