Fun at the Funeral Parlour

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Fun at the Funeral Parlour
Genre	Comedy
Written by	Rhys Thomas
Directed by	Peter Boyd MacLean (1st) Christine Gernon (2nd)
Starring	Rhys Thomas as Percy William Thomas as Ivor Alex Lowe as Arwell Tony Way as Gwynne
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English / Welsh
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC Choice
Release	1 January 2001 (2001-01-01) – 12 March 2002 (2002-03-12)
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Fun at the Funeral Parlour was a comedy series broadcast on BBC Choice and BBC Three for two series in 2001 and 2002. It was set in a Welsh funeral directors called "Thomas, Thomas, Thomas and Thomas". It is set around the Swansea area of south Wales in the fictitious town of Trebanos in tribute to the writer's father who came from the real town in that area.^[1]

The series was written by Rhys Thomas with the script edited by Charlie Higson. Rhys also starred in the show alongside William Thomas, Alex Lowe and Tony Way. Thomas created the show at the age of 20, after contributing to The Fast Show becoming the youngest person ever to create, write, and star in their own TV sitcom. The second series featured a theme tune written and performed by Queen's guitarist, Brian May. He and producer of the series, Simon Lupton went on to work with Brian May and Queen on numerous DVDs and Queen documentaries.