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Newsbeat Documentaries: The Youngertakers

09/02/2018

The Youngertakers

BBC Radio 1 - Newsbeat Documentaries, The Youngertakers

Documentary looking at the world of young undertakers.

Documentary looking at the world of young undertakers. How do teens and twenty-somethings fit in, working in one of the world's oldest professions?

Meet the teenagers who chose dead bodies as a career - the world of young undertakers. Luke, Ellie and Ben reveal to Newsbeat what it's like working with the dead.

In this documentary, meet 25-year-old Luke, who is one of the UK's youngest funeral home bosses. Meanwhile... 17-year-old Ellie prepares a woman who's passed away for a funeral, and Ben conducts his first ever night shift - collecting dead bodies.

But how do teens and twentysomethings fit in, working in one of the world's oldest professions?

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