Rudyard stands accused of a dastardly crime and only Antigone can discover the truth. Written by David K. Barnes

Directors - Andy Goddard and John Wakefield  
Music - James Whittle and the Piffling Philharmonic  
Script Editor - David K. Barnes  
End message music - "The Distance Holds a Deeper Magic" - Óðinn Örn Hilmarsson  
Rudyard Funn - Felix Trench  
Antigone Funn - Beth Eyre  
Eric Chapman - Tom Crowley  
Georgie Crusoe - Ciara Baxendale  
Madeleine - Belinda Lang  
Reverend Wavering - Andy Secombe  
Mayor Desmond Desmond - Steve Hodson  
Sid Marlowe - Paul Putner  
Agatha Doyle - Alison Skilbeck  
Marjorie - Elle McAlpine  
Nana Crusoe - Julia Deakin  
Jerry - Max Tyler  
Bill - Pip Gladwin  
Daphne, Squeaking - Holly Campbell

8: Season 1 Episode 8 - The Trial of Rudyard

Award Winning Sitcom || Rudyard Funn and his equally miserable sister Antigone run their family’s failing funeral parlour, where they get the body in the coffin in the ground on time. But one day they find everyone enjoying themselves at the funerals of a new competitor – the impossibly perfect Eric Chapman! With their dogsbody Georgie, and a mouse called Madeleine, the Funns are taking drastic steps to stay in business…

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It’s the end – but has the moment been prepared for?
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Season 4 Episode 10: A Funn Farewell

Eric is unable to fulfil his next funeral. That means there's only one option left open to him…
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Season 4 Episode 9: The Last Nail in the Coffin

Typical. You wait years for a clue to Eric’s mysterious past and then two turn up at once.
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8: Season 1 Episode 8 - The Trial of Rudyard

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