Newsbeat Documentaries
The Youngertakers
2018 • E1 Feb 9, 2018 30m
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?
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?