Mary Beard and her panel of guests discuss why we consume so much sensationalised death in movies, crime fiction and television drama, while we are reluctant to speak about real pain and loss.

How much do our religious traditions continue to shape our attitudes towards death, grief and the afterlife? And how will technology change our idea of legacy in the future?

And how can comedy help us to come to terms with grief and our own mortality?

And Mary meets musician Nitin Sawhney, who created his 10th studio album in response to the loss of his father. Show less