Elkin & Bell / The Gosport Funeral Home Scandal

Elkin & Bell / The Gosport Funeral Home Scandal

In England, anyone can become a funeral director. No licence, no qualifications required. This is the story of how that gap was exploited. On December 10th, 2023, bailiffs entered a repossessed funeral home in Gosport, Hampshire, and discovered something that would prompt a year-long police investigation, a landmark criminal trial, and renewed calls for long-overdue industry regulation…


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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.


Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton.


Audio editing by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.


Narration, additional audio editing and mixing, writing and script editing by Benjamin Fitton.


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