Why death and dying?
Although it's something we'll all experience, the idea of a course dedicated to death and dying might seem unusual.... Read more: Why death and dying?
Playing dead
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Richard Wilson reflects on the actor’s experience of death on stage and screen Watch now: Playing dead
Making The Art Of Dying: An interview with Dan Cruickshank
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Dr Carol Komaromy interviews Dan Cruickshank about his experiences making the BBC/OU programme The Art of Dying Watch now: Making The Art Of Dying: An interview with Dan Cruickshank
The final journey
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Richard Wilson takes a behind the scenes look at the business of crematoriums and walks us through the ultimate final... Watch now: The final journey
Richard Wilson goes to embalming school
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Richard Wilson enrols for the day at embalming school and learns about a fast growing trend Watch now: Richard Wilson goes to embalming school
End of life care
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Richard Wilson interviews palliative care nurse Deborah Murphy about the privilege and challenge of caring for people... Watch now: End of life care
Death and society
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Richard Wilson interviews Glennys Howarth about her research into how attitudes towards death changed in British... Watch now: Death and society
Studying death
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Kate Woodthorpe introduces The Open University Death and Dying course Watch now: Studying death
Memorialisation
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Crematorium and cemetery registrar Angela Abbot talks to us about memorialisation and the emergence of "fairy... Watch now: Memorialisation
Sustainable by Design
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Principal Architect Adrian Morrow explains the logic and sentiment behind designing a sustainable crematorium in... Watch now: Sustainable by Design
Meet a funeral director
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Funeral Director Roy Mason explains why he and his staff get "a massive sense of satisfaction" from their job Watch now: Meet a funeral director
The Cemetery of the Year Awards
Kate Woodthorpe talks about the hard work and dedication of some special people: The Cemetery of the Year Awards Read more: The Cemetery of the Year Awards
Death in cyberspace
Dr Sarah Earle looks at the increasing use of the internet to create online memorials to people who have died Read more: Death in cyberspace
Exorcism in everyday life
Jenny Hockey meets Tom Willis, a Church of England exorcist, and explores his role Read more: Exorcism in everyday life
Death in Kerala
Does the West have anything to learn from the sensitive and diginified approach to death in Kerala? Read more: Death in Kerala
Defying Death
This extract explores issues about improvements in health care, and our expectation of a longer life. It is... Read more: Defying Death
Death in the age of the Internet
We all lead digital lives now - but does that online archive of our doings mean we'll also have a digital afterlife? Read more: Death in the age of the Internet
OU on the BBC: Darwin's Dangerous Idea - Life and death
How do Darwin’s ideas help us understand extinction and the interconnectedness of life and death? Read more: OU on the BBC: Darwin's Dangerous Idea - Life and death
OU on the BBC: Death and dying - Help & support at time of bereavement
If you are experiencing bereavement or loss, there are a number of groups who offer advice and support. This is just... Read more: OU on the BBC: Death and dying - Help & support at time of bereavement
Death and medicine
This unit asks the reader to consider the experience of grief and bereavement and in particular the extent to which... Read more: Death and medicine
The medicalised context of bereavement
This unit helps you to explore the extent to which death and dying in western societies are medical events and what... Read more: The medicalised context of bereavement
