Synopsis

19 year-old Paul plays the trumpet and has a new girlfriend. But he spends his days preparing the dead for burial. He’s passionate about his job but is about to face the challenge of burying someone he loves. He thinks he will cope with this – but how will the reality of handling a much-loved one’s death, actually feel?

18 year-old Laura is getting ready for a beauty pageant – but while she aims for ‘MISS NORFOLK’ she spends her days as a trainee undertaker. She’s been passionate about her job ever since she did work experience at 15 – and she hasn’t looked back since.

We follow Paul and Laura as they face the next milestones in their extraordinary careers. Here are two young people at the start of their lives, dealing very directly with those at the end. And through their unexpected journeys we discover universal truths about our attitude to death.

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