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Funeral Directors

The Generation GapSeries 1: Respect
Episode 5 of 5

Newport funeral directors Michael Ryan and daughter Louise discuss our changing ideas about respect for the dead. From February 2010.

Series of programmes in which two people from different generations discuss a topic that reveals the changing nature of Britain.

The theme of the first five programmes is Respect.

Michael Ryan, a funeral director in Newport, and his daughter Louise - who, at 21, is the youngest female funeral director in the world - discuss whether changes in funeral styles mean that our respect for the dead has changed.

A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4.

15 minutes

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Mon 3 Dec 201803:45
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