The Business of Dying
Managing the rituals of a loved one's death can be both bewildering and expensive.
And although no-one wants to think about it being like buying a holiday or car, it is a business with a supply chain involving funerals, burials and cremation.
A couple of years ago the Competition and Markets Authority - which protects people from unfair trading practices - carried out an in-depth investigation into the funeral market because of the \u201csurprise\u201d people experienced at the final cost of that farewell.
On average people spend about \xa34,000, so what do you get for that and how is the industry changing?
Evan Davis is joined by:\nGill Stewart, Managing Director, Co-op Funeralcare \nAlison Crake, Senior Partner, Crake and Mallon Funeral Directors \nKate Tym, independent celebrant \nAnd Greg Cranfield from JC Atkinson coffin makers.
PRODUCTION TEAM:\nProducers: Alex Lewis, Drew Hyndman and Miriam Quayyum\nEditor: Matt Willis\nSound: James Beard and Hal Haines\nProduction co-ordinator: Katie Morrison and Rosie Strawbridge