Death is Our Business

Roland Tay is a veteran undertaker behind the funerals of some of Singapore’s most high-profile deaths. His daughter, Jenny and her fiancé, Darren joined the business three years ago. Amidst the many funeral cases they handle, the couple is also planning to get married in a few months. Today, they need to attend to an urgent case - a Singaporean has died tragically in Batam and the family of undertakers need to act fast to bring his body back.

Roland Tay is a veteran undertaker behind the funerals of some of Singapore’s most high-profile deaths. His daughter, Jenny and her fiancé, Darren joined the business three years ago. Amidst the many funeral cases they handle, the couple is also planning to get married in a few months. Today, they need to attend to an urgent case - a Singaporean has died tragically in Batam and the family of undertakers need to act fast to bring his body back.

Ep 1 Death is our Business
24 mins

Roland Tay is a veteran undertaker behind the funerals of some of Singapore’s most high-profile deaths. His daughter, Jenny and her fiancé, Darren joined the business three years ago. Amidst the many funeral cases they handle, the couple is also planning to get married in a few months. Today, they need to attend to an urgent case - a Singaporean has died tragically in Batam and the family of undertakers need to act fast to bring his body back.

Ep 1 Death is our Business

Roland Tay is a veteran undertaker behind the funerals of some of Singapore’s most high-profile deaths. His daughter, Jenny and her fiancé, Darren joined the business three years ago. Amidst the many funeral cases they handle, the couple is also planning to get married in a few months. Today, they need to attend to an urgent case - a Singaporean has died tragically in Batam and the family of undertakers need to act fast to bring his body back.

Ep 2 Dying Away from Home
23 mins

A Singaporean has died in a tragic road accident in Batam. His family reaches out to Roland to bring him back to Singapore. And at Singapore General Hospital’s mortuary, a deceased foreign worker is waiting to be repatriated to his country. How do the dead return home?

Ep 2 Dying Away from Home

A Singaporean has died in a tragic road accident in Batam. His family reaches out to Roland to bring him back to Singapore. And at Singapore General Hospital’s mortuary, a deceased foreign worker is waiting to be repatriated to his country. How do the dead return home?

Ep 3 Breathing Life into a Dying Trade
24 mins

The funeral business is 24/7. And for the past 30 years, Roland Tay has been getting less than four hours of sleep a night. His daughter, Jenny joined him in the trade with her fiancé, Darren. Against a sea of elderly undertakers, the couple forms a new breed of young funeral directors in Singapore. They have plans to revamp the funeral trade and reshape perceptions of death.

Ep 3 Breathing Life into a Dying Trade

The funeral business is 24/7. And for the past 30 years, Roland Tay has been getting less than four hours of sleep a night. His daughter, Jenny joined him in the trade with her fiancé, Darren. Against a sea of elderly undertakers, the couple forms a new breed of young funeral directors in Singapore. They have plans to revamp the funeral trade and reshape perceptions of death.

Ep 4 Planning for Death
24 mins

A rising number of Singaporeans have planned for their funerals before their deaths. They are as young as 30 year-old Kennard who was diagnosed with Stage 4 blood cancer, to 87 year-old Wee, who lives on his own. His greatest fear: to die alone without anyone knowing.

Ep 4 Planning for Death

A rising number of Singaporeans have planned for their funerals before their deaths. They are as young as 30 year-old Kennard who was diagnosed with Stage 4 blood cancer, to 87 year-old Wee, who lives on his own. His greatest fear: to die alone without anyone knowing.

Ep 5 Till Death Do Us Part
24 mins

New-generation funeral directors Jenny and Darren are in the thick of wedding preparations but death never stops as they juggle hectic work schedules. A grieving husband approaches the funeral home to give his wife the best send-off. As he says his final goodbye, a Hindu couple go through their last rites as husband and wife.

Ep 5 Till Death Do Us Part

New-generation funeral directors Jenny and Darren are in the thick of wedding preparations but death never stops as they juggle hectic work schedules. A grieving husband approaches the funeral home to give his wife the best send-off. As he says his final goodbye, a Hindu couple go through their last rites as husband and wife.

Ep 6 Living my Legacy
23 mins

The finale of the series culminates in Jenny and Darren’s wedding. After the wedding, Jenny almost immediately resumes work. She attends to a 99 year-old deceased who has no next-of-kin. Keeping to her father’s legacy of pro-bono work, father and daughter plan a large-scale ‘burial’ for the underprivileged.

Ep 6 Living my Legacy

The finale of the series culminates in Jenny and Darren’s wedding. After the wedding, Jenny almost immediately resumes work. She attends to a 99 year-old deceased who has no next-of-kin. Keeping to her father’s legacy of pro-bono work, father and daughter plan a large-scale ‘burial’ for the underprivileged.

Additional Information

Premiered2015
Genresinfo-ed
Seasons2
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