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-Throughout the series...

-..we've seen the way

-traditional funerals are changing.

-In this episode, we take a look

-at the future of undertaking.

-Cerdin Price is one of the

-many local businessmen in Lampeter.

-He's an undertaker.

-"Wyn sorts out my hair, Sharon sorts

-out my clothes, I polish my shoes."

-Wyn has been cutting my hair

-ever since I was a child.

-He looks remarkably well

-for his age!

-There's no lady in his life,

-you see.

-He's like a ram

-that doesn't chase sheep.

-He's a fine figure of a man!

-You have to take pride in your

-appearance. Wyn sorts out my hair.

-Sharon sorts out my clothes

-and I polish my shoes.

-I'm sorted from head to toe then.

-For someone who spends

-so much time with the dead...

-..being amongst the living

-is a breath of fresh air.

-I've plenty occupying my mind

-throughout the day.

-It's nice

-talking about something different.

-You went on a nice holiday,

-didn't you, Wyn?

-I went to Bruges in Belgium.

-It was very nice.

-On his birthday.

-Lois is playing football tonight.

-There'll be plenty of shouting

-in Llanybydder.

-I enjoy it.

-I take the animals out

-first thing in the morning...

-..and last thing at night.

-Cerdin is the second of

-three generations of undertakers.

-His son, Rhys, is considering

-an apprenticeship in London.

-"The first to fly the nest -

-it'll be difficult."

-I've just received

-my A level results.

-I was pleased. I had an A and

-a B in business and a C in Welsh.

-I'd like to go to London

-and see how things are done there.

-I'd like to pick up ideas

-and bring them back.

-The fact it's a family business

-means a lot to me.

-I want it to develop

-and continue even after I'm gone!

-Undertaking is in the blood...

-..as Rhys's mother, Sharon,

-can testify.

-He always had a shovel in his hand

-from when he was a boy.

-He'd dig holes with his brother

-and sister and bury things.

-He had a keen interest

-right from the very beginning.

-People would come to the door...

-..and whether he knew them or not,

-he'd ask, "Bury or cremate?"

-Considering he suffers

-with glandular fever...

-..is he ready for the big city?

-I think Rhys is mature enough

-to go to London.

-He hasn't been

-in the best of health recently...

-..and I'll worry about him.

-He's the first to fly the nest

-and it'll be difficult.

-Before he leaves for London,

-his grandfather, Gwilym...

-..wants to present him

-with a timely gift.

-You work hard for me, so Mam-gu

-and I want you to have this.

-It was a present

-on my 50th birthday.

-Put it on.

-There you go.

-In Port Talbot,

-Gareth Jenkins and his staff...

-..are industrious funeral directors.

-"Bodies can be heavy...

-"..so it's important to keep fit

-and keep the back strong."

-Exercise is important to me.

-It helps me unwind after work.

-It's an occupational hazard

-for undertakers...

-..to suffer back pain.

-We carry bodies down stairs, out

-of hospitals and up off the floor.

-It's important to stay strong...

-..so that I can carry out my duties.

-Hours spent at the gym

-help Gareth...

-..to deal with the most

-difficult elements of his job.

-I've got the forms. We've just come

-back from the hospital for the baby.

-It's difficult. A baby has died.

-It's a repeat

-of what happened last year.

-It's incredibly difficult

-for the family.

-You don't know what to say

-when someone loses two babies.

-It's tragic.

-I have to submit the form

-before 10 o'clock...

-..otherwise

-I'll have to cancel the funeral.

-It's important that the

-information submitted is correct.

-When it goes back to the coroner's

-officer, if something's wrong...

-..the funeral doesn't go ahead.

-That's been submitted,

-although we're 10 minutes late.

-I can phone the family now...

-..and tell them

-it's OK for tomorrow.

-Dorian Harries

-embalms the bodies of the dead.

-He is also a member

-of Blake Emergency Services.

-"Phone numbers were written

-on their legs and arms...

-"..but they couldn't

-contact anyone."

-The worst situation

-he has had to deal with...

-..was the discovery in Dover of

-58 bodies in a container from China.

-They were found in June 1999...

-..and it was January 2000

-by the time I dealt with the bodies.

-We looked after the bodies

-for a week.

-Interpol were back and forth, making

-sure the documentation was correct.

-Contact numbers

-written on legs and arms...

-..related to those they had to alert

-once they arrived in the country.

-But unfortunately

-they couldn't contact anyone.

-Back at home, there is no time to

-reflect on the job's difficulties.

-Pizza and ice cream is a must!

-The wife'll have something to say.

-I can't close the drawer!

-That's it.

-Carmarthen's best pizza.

-I'm not usually here to make dinner.

-I finish early three nights a month.

-I already have two calls for

-tomorrow, as well as the other four.

-I'm up to six bodies already.

-And it's only 6.40pm.

-I have a busy day

-ahead of me tomorrow.

-"But it was raining.

-'Oh, no,' said..."

-Following years of

-specialized training in America...

-..what's the next step for Dorian?

-I'll continue to work with Blake's

-and facial reconstruction.

-I'm trying

-to specialize in that field.

-I learn a lot in America that I can

-implement in my everyday work here.

-That's me, that's Dadi.

-That's Iestyn and that's Mami.

-"It's much quieter in Lampeter

-and easier to sleep."

-Rhys is meeting members of the

-Association of Funeral Directors...

-..hoping one of them, possibly

-the Royal Family's undertaker...

-..will offer him an apprenticeship.

-It's a bit different from home.

-There are people everywhere.

-It's different from Lampeter.

-People are zoned out.

-They hurry

-to wherever they're going.

-I think

-it'll be an eye opener for him...

-..to see the volume of work they do.

-They're a different type of people.

-I'll see the way

-they operate from day to day...

-..and what they do differently.

-The places

-we're going to visit today...

-..are in the best areas of London

-and are private businesses.

-They know their communities.

-Cribbs is London's oldest

-and busiest funeral directors...

-..as owner, John Harries, explains.

-Our running costs,

-forget petrol and insurance...

-..keeping these on the road costs us

-5,000 a month, over a grand a week.

-It's a lot of African/Caribbean work

-which you won't see in your area.

-That absorbs our day.

-I can send a fleet of motors out all

-day and they've done one funeral.

-Totally different ball game to you.

-These are zinc liners.

-We do a lot of export.

-We've got agents

-in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria.

-People are getting so much bigger.

-That was one we had made recently.

-We've had six bariatric fridges put

-in here. People of 30 stone plus.

-Talk about an eye opener!

-Cribbs' fridges store bodies

-that have been there for two years.

-African families

-don't turn up in ones and twos...

-..they turn up

-in twenties, forties, hundreds.

-What looks a big reception area

-at times is small.

-Coming here today

-has been hugely beneficial.

-I've seen so many things

-I wouldn't see at home.

-The cars John keeps here...

-..have to be looked after -

-every car has its own driver.

-The fact they keep bodies here

-for up to two years is astounding.

-I've never heard of that before.

-I didn't know it was possible

-to keep them for that long.

-It was amazing to see.

-It's been really good.

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-"In Turkey,

-they think I'm a film director."

-In Port Talbot, the funeral home...

-..is part of

-Gareth Jenkins's family home.

-It can be frustrating at times.

-I'm going home now. Home.

-Right, I'm going to work now.

-Sometimes when you're at home, it

-doesn't feel like you're at home.

-Sometimes you're at work

-and you want to be at home.

-It can be difficult. That's why I'm

-looking forward to going on holiday.

-In Muslim countries like Turkey, the

-role of funeral director is unusual.

-I told them

-I was a funeral director...

-..and most of them

-think I'm a film director.

-I say, "No, I'm not a film director,

-funeral director."

-But they still don't understand..

-..so I show them photographs

-to explain my job.

-While he's away, his staff

-will see to the needs of the dead.

-Thanks for calling.

-I'm sure they'll be fine

-for a fortnight.

-I've asked for their permission.

-I've left them before.

-I know everything will be fine here.

-Right, I'm ready to go.

-It's important to look the part.

-What do you think, boys?

-I like it. Very nice.

-It looks very comfortable.

-I'm ready.

-"I offer a chance to see them for

-the last time, the closing chapter."

-One of Dorian Harries's

-specialties...

-..is the facial reconstruction...

-..of those

-who've died in horrific accidents.

-The body of a young boy

-is due to arrive.

-He must practise his craft.

-This is the first time for him

-to use specialist wax from America.

-For someone who's been

-disfigured in an accident...

-..I'd transfer a photograph to graph

-paper to work out the symmetry.

-I'm trying to cut the wax...

-..so that it blends in.

-It's different from any other wax

-I've used. It's easier.

-I'm holding a torch to look for

-any shadows in the wax.

-If there are any shadows,

-it means there's a dip.

-There we go.

-I'm pleased with this wax.

-If you look carefully,

-you'll see brush marks.

-I'm stippling it now

-to get rid of the brushstrokes.

-Once he has dried the face...

-..and applied make-up

-to the new skin...

-..Dorian will have an idea

-of the efficiency of the new wax.

-The wax isn't taking.

-I think this wax takes time to dry.

-There's still water present,

-which is why it's not taking.

-It's making me angry.

-I'm a bit of a perfectionist...

-..and I'm unhappy with the wax.

-I'm going to take it all off again.

-The work is painstaking but Dorian

-believes it's hugely worthwhile.

-It gives a person the chance

-to see someone for the last time.

-If that person

-is killed unexpectedly...

-..they want to see the body.

-It's like

-the closing chapter of a book.

-Have you ever worked on

-someone you knew?

-Yes. Yes, I have.

-You try to do your best.

-Yes, you do your best.

-Following the excitement

-of visiting the Cribbs' firm...

-..Rhys Price visits another

-of his grandfather's friends.

-"Funerals used to be simple.

-Families ask for more and more now."

-Rhys. Hello.

-Rhys. Hello.

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-Mr Leverton.

-Gwilym's grandson. Please call me

-Clive. You're very welcome.

-Clive Leverton

-shows him around the old building.

-We have the facility for two coffins

-but if a coffin is there...

-..we close the curtains here so

-the family are not seeing anything.

-The Leverton company

-is a very old business.

-For generations, its undertakers

-have conducted funerals...

-..for some of the most

-famous people in the British Isles.

-How many funerals

-do you do on average a day then?

-We do around about

-1,000 adult funerals a year.

-When I started many years ago, I

-conducted 12 funerals in one day...

-..at Golders Green Crematorium.

-Things

-were much simpler in those days.

-Clive has many viewing rooms here.

-I think it's a good idea.

-If more than one family

-wants to see the body...

-As he said,

-funerals used to be simple...

-..but families

-want more and more now.

-This is the family tree.

-John Leverton

-came up from north Devon in 1789.

-That's his son, his son, his son.

-After getting to know one another,

-Clive has some good news for Rhys.

-I've had a chat with my co-directors

-and we'd like you to join us.

-Unanimous decision?

-Unanimous decision?

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-Unanimous, definitely.

-When can you start?

-I'll start tomorrow if you want.

-I'll start tomorrow if you want.

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-How will they manage without you?

-I don't know.

-I don't know.

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-Gwilym will have to work extra hard.

-It's about time!

-Levertons' is a member of SAIF, an

-association of funeral directors...

-..co-founded by Gwilym Price.

-It's for small companies so that

-they're treated fairly and justly...

-..which is important to everyone.

-Cheers!

-"I've decided to change my life

-and I'm feeling very happy."

-During his holiday in Turkey, Gareth

-suffered a serious back injury.

-During his time in hospital,

-he took stock of his life.

-He made a life-changing decision.

-He made a life-changing decision.

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-Come on, Ospreys, let's get started!

-Start the season here!

-I was in my hospital bed,

-thinking...

-..this could be a heart attack,

-a stroke or even cancer.

-I hope this is something

-I can overcome.

-I have to change my life.

-Come on, Ospreys!

-You don't realize

-until something happens to you...

-..the extent of what you do and how

-much funerals take it out of you.

-It's taxing

-emotionally and psychologically.

-When I go to bed...

-..I go to sleep but I know

-the phone could ring at any time.

-During my time in Turkey...

-..I hadn't slept that well in years.

-Something must be wrong somewhere.

-I can't lift any more,

-so no more call-outs.

-The staff can take over.

-They're younger than me

-and they can deal with it.

-I've started to change my life.

-It's taken

-something like an accident...

-..to make me realize

-I've made the right decision.

-Rhys is looking forward

-to his apprenticeship in London...

-..once he has fully recovered

-from glandular fever.

-I'm going to enjoy the next

-three or four months at home...

-..but I'm also looking forward

-to working in London.

-I'd like to see a bit of the world

-now that I have the opportunity.

-I'm fortunate that Tad-cu and Dad...

-..have put their all

-into the business.

-It's a springboard for me

-to continue the family business.

-Good girl!

-Go with her! Come on!

-Good girl!

-Cerdin, who lives among death...

-..fully appreciates life

-more than most.

-In the next 10 years...

-..Rhys ought to take his time and

-not push things, then go from there.

-Give it a shot!

-I'm happy I can get up

-in the morning and sleep at night.

-But last night, I'd gone to bed

-and I was called out.

-But there you go,

-you have to do your job.

-You have to be there for people.

-Good girl! Come on!

-Family is what's important to me.

-Children are

-the most precious things in life.

-Come on, Charlotte! Come on,

-Charlotte! Go on, go with her!

-I'm starting to lose my voice

-because I tend to shout.

-It's a tension reliever.

-I let off steam.

-Yay!

-Good girls!

-It's the end

-of another long and busy day...

-..for Dorian.

-You have to

-live your life to the full.

-You never know

-what's around the corner.

-What awaits him tomorrow, the day

-after and the day after that?

-Looking after bodies is fascinating.

-It's so far removed

-from anything else.

-I don't know what to do.

-I'm undecided.

-After a lifetime

-of serving the dead...

-..Gwilym Price's sympathy for

-the living is no less heartfelt.

-I've encountered

-some very sad things in life.

-I could mention lots of situations

-I never want to experience again.

-Some people

-have lost lots of loved ones.

-You have to take time off.

-You have to

-close the door sometimes.

-I'm fortunate I can help people

-in my line of work.

-I enjoy

-that aspect of the job very much.

-In my opinion, the purpose of life

-is to help others.

-To me, that's incredibly important.

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