Don't Drop the Coffin
Don't Drop the Coffin: Season 1

Air Date

July 21, 2003

Episodes

6 episodes

Don't Drop the Coffin

Season 1

Episodes

1. Episode 1

July 22, 2003

Barry the boss has to arrange a funeral with over 1,000 mourners despite the body still being in Florida.

2. Episode 2

July 29, 2003

Staff at FA Albin & Sons prepare for another busy winter. Lee Cook explains the difficulties in driving a hearse through snow and reveals the essential extras modern vehicles carry.

3. Episode 3

August 5, 2003

Deptford manager Elaine James organises a big Caribbean send-off - an event involving 200 mourners, singing, dancing and a procession through the streets.

4. Episode 4

August 12, 2003

Doves, balloons and gospel singers feature in the annual memorial service, a chance for more than 1,000 people from the community to celebrate the lives of their lost loved ones and the fulfilment of a dream for Barry Dyer.

5. Episode 5

August 19, 2003

Lee Cook reveals the downside of working at FA Albin and Sons as finance director Richard Fletcher draws up the night duty rota, and Perry Mulligan's job is on the line as he sits his driving theory test for the third time.

6. Episode 6

August 26, 2003

Barry Dyer goes to America to discover how funerals are conducted there, visiting the renowned Cryonics Institute, and viewing the latest innovations.