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Sheila Carter: Funeral

The Catherine Tate Show
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The setup

Riding home from a funeral, prim Sheila Carter scolds her fellow mourners for disrespecting the dead, then shatters the reverent hush herself.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Five mourners share the back of a funeral car as it pulls away from the church, trading polite remarks about the service and the ninety-eight-year-old deceased. When one man says the old fellow had a decent run, Sheila Carter (Catherine Tate) primly rebukes his choice of words, and the car sinks into an uncomfortable silence; a ringing mobile phone earns a mumbled apology and a fresh show of disapproval. As the hush stretches on, Sheila breaks it with a prolonged, thunderous fart, then calmly asks her neighbours to shift along because the car is too cramped, leaving the others frozen in disbelief.

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Highly quotable.

You've got to admit, the old bugger had a good innings.

I'm sorry, I find that language very disrespectful.

I'm sorry, would you mind moving down? It's very cramped in here.

Behind the scenes

The people who made it.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

One of the mourners is played by Geoffrey Perkins, the show's producer, who made brief cameo appearances in series he produced.

ScriptEnglish · 6 turns

Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.

  1. 00:09

    Beautiful service. Yeah. 98.

  2. 00:17

    You've got to admit, the old bugger had a good innings.

  3. 00:20

    Woman in Car ?

    That's true.

  4. 00:22

    Sheila Carter

    I'm sorry, I find that language very disrespectful. I think you should modify your tone.

  5. 01:07

    Sheila Carter ?

    Unbelievable.

  6. 01:44

    Sheila Carter

    I'm sorry, would you mind moving down? It's very cramped in here.

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