Timeshift · SEASON 5
The British Way of Death
Episode 18 · 2006-02-06
- Documentary
Episode overview
Daniela Nardini narrates a documentary exploring why the British funeral has acquired a new spirit of informality. Today's departed are just as likely to be sent on their way to the strains of Robbie Williams as they are to a classic hymn. A bewildering array of coffin styles is available, with even an environmentally-friendly wicker casket for the organically-minded. Are we improvising new rituals to fill a more profound vacuum in our secular society?
60 minutes
Season 5 episodes
1. MPs on the Box2005-05-19
2. Je T'Aime... How We Learned to Love Europe2005-05-31
3. England Away2005-05-31
4. Court on Camera2005-07-16
5. Apes in Hollywood2005-07-17
6. Star Men2005-08-06
7. Black and White Minstrels Revisited2005-08-08
8. Too Much, Too Young2005-09-09
9. The Jitterbug Years2005-10-01
10. Play It Again2005-10-04
11. The Battle for the Ashes2005-10-20
12. The Lost Pictures of Eugene Smith2005-10-25
13. The Third Progamme: High Culture for All in Postwar Britain2005-10-25
14. Lost Road: Overland To Singapore2005-10-30
15. A Study in Sherlock2005-12-24
16. Baker Street Babylon: The Bizarre Afterlife of Sherlock Holmes2005-12-26
17. Stephen Poliakoff: A Brief History of Now2006-01-15
18. The British Way of Death2006-02-06
19. Left of Frame: The Rise and Fall of Radical TV Drama2006-02-08
20. Rude Britannia2006-02-13
21. The Sun and the Moon2006-03-06
22. Pay Attention Britain! Public Information Films2006-03-30
