Shaun Ryder and Bez became best friends during their time in the Happy Mondays, and more recently have starred on Channel 4’s Celebrity Gogglebox.
In the first episode of Celebrity Send Off, Bez takes on the role of arranger and Shaun prepares to think hard about what he’d like for his own funeral. Both Bez and Shaun agree that they’d like to respect Shaun’s Catholic upbringing with a traditional church service.
There are times where they’re shocked at how much they disagree, including burial vs cremation, transport method, and even flowers – all things that would have been easier to agree on if they’d talked openly about their funeral wishes beforehand.
Bez also wants to nod to Shaun’s experience with UFOs and Extra-Terrestrial life, which inspires his choice of flowers and wake.
Watch along below to see what Bez has in store for Shaun.
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Husband and wife, Marcus Luther and Mica Ven have been married for 15 years, and first appeared on Channel 4’s Gogglebox in 2018, instantly becoming one the nation’s best loved couples, known for their wit and warmth.
In this episode of Celebrity Send Off, Marcus takes on the role of arranger and Mica prepares to think hard about what she’d like for her own funeral.
Marcus has lots of creative ideas to celebrate his wife, from a cardboard coffin which can be personalised by the congregation, to white doves being released in her honour and an elaborate Gogglebox-inspired flower display.
As for Mica, she’s claustrophobic, scared of doves, and wants to honour other things than Gogglebox… so she pretty much wanted the opposite of these decisions. If only they’d discussed their funeral wishes more openly!
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The final episode of Celebrity Send Off follows the story of Olympic medallist and national treasure, Kriss Akabusi, and his daughter, Shakira, a speaker, presenter, author and exercise coach.
Kriss and Shakira have always talked openly about difficult topics like death, but they’ve never discussed the details of what Kriss would like at his funeral.
In this episode, Shakira takes on the role of arranger and Kriss prepares to think hard about what he’d like for his own funeral. Kriss would like to stay true to his roots and be buried in Nigeria, while Shakira focuses on celebrating Kriss’ love for nature with an outdoors funeral and planting a memory tree.
Although Kriss is touched by the special details Shakira has planned, from her poetic eulogy to inviting one his best friends to be the celebrant, watching the footage back emphasises the importance of talking about funeral wishes earlier.
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