Rudyard Funn runs a funeral home in the village of Piffling Vale.
It used to be the only one.
It isn't anymore.
Rudyard Funn and his miserable sister Antigone run their family’s failing funeral parlour, where they get the body in the coffin in the ground on time.
But one day they find everyone at the funerals of a new competitor – the impossibly perfect Eric Chapman!
With their dogsbody Georgie, and a mouse called Madeleine, the Funns are taking drastic steps to stay in business…
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British Podcast Awards ‘23 - Best Fiction
Shortlisted Nominations
BBC Audio Drama Awards ‘23 - Best Podcast
British Podcast Awards ‘22 - Best Fiction
British Podcast Awards ‘17 - Best Fiction
Prix Europa ‘16 - Best Digital Production
MAIN CAST
Rudyard Funn ~ FELIX TRENCH
Antigone Funn ~ BETH EYRE
Eric Chapman ~ TOM CROWLEY
Georgie Crusoe ~ CIARA BAXENDALE
Reverend Wavering ~ ANDY SECOMBE
Mayor Desmond Desmond ~ SEAN BAKER
Agatha Doyle ~ ALISON SKILBECK
and BELINDA LANG as Madeleine
CREW
Creator & Head Writer ~ DAVID K. BARNES
Cartoonist ~ ‘MADELEINE’
Musical Composer ~ JAMES WHITTLE
Business Manager ~ ELIZABETH CAMPBELL
Photographer ~ ODINN ORN HILMARSSON
Directed & Produced by
ANDY GODDARD
& JOHN WAKEFIELD
WRITING TEAM
DAVID K. BARNES
BEN COTTAM
TOM CROWLEY
ROSIE FLETCHER
JAMES HAMILTON
CHRISTOPHER HOGG
JAMES HUNTRODS
ALEX LYNCH
CORDELIA LYNN
MOLLY BETH MOROSSA
MAC ROGERS
SARAH SHACHAT
LAUREN SHIPPEN
CHRIS & JEN SUGDEN
FELIX TRENCH
GABRIEL URBINA
ELLA WATTS
T. A. WOODSMITH
ADDITIONAL CAST
Mr. Askey ~ LEWIS ALLCOCK
Dr. Henry Edgware ~ DAVID K. BARNES
Miss Khatri ~ BHAWNA BHAWSAR
Thomas Johnson ~ TIMOTHY BLOCK
Martin (Scout) ~ REBECCA BOEY
Douglas (Scout) ~ KATHRYN BOND
Mrs Turner ~ SARAH BURTON
Tanya Tatiana ~ HOLLY CAMPBELL
Nana Crusoe ~ JULIA DEAKIN
Miss Scruple ~ ELLIE DICKENS
Esther the Parrot ~ LUCY FARRETT
Sin St. John ~ ELEANOR FAYE
Gloria Squeak ~ ROSIE FLETCHER
Baz ~ JASON FORBES
Roger Noggins ~ HUGH FRASER
Roz ~ ELLA GARLAND
Bill Williams ~ PIP GLADWIN
Herbert Cough ~ ANDY HAMILTON
Serge Delon ~ KIERAN HODGSON
The Mayor (Season 1) ~ STEVE HODSON
Lady Templar ~ CATRIONA KNOX
Bijou the Clown ~ KATY MANNING
Audrey Warrington ~ FIZ MARCUS
Marjorie Smith ~ ELLE McALPINE
Miles Farenheit ~ BEN NORRIS
Seymour Prophitte ~ MAX OLESKER
Calliope ~ ALICE OSMANSKI
Hettie Mayo ~ FREYA PARKER
Sid Marlowe ~ PAUL PUTNER
Lansbury Manning ~ CAROLINE QUENTIN
Zoe Adeyinka ~ AMY ROCKSON
Jennifer Delacroiz ~ ALANA ROSS
Marlene Magdalena ~ EMILY STRIDE
Petunia Bloom ~ SARAH THOM
Mr. Wimbledon ~ DAVID THORPE
The Sodbury Clan ~ THOM TUCK
Jerry Baker ~ MAXWELL TYLER
Wez ~ PHIL WANG
and GEORGE TAKEI as himself
