Ivy Unsworth runs the undertakers in the 1920s village of Oldsham with her drunken, greedy husband Jeremiah and daft young nephew Billy.
Business is not exactly booming and the loss of a coffin and its late occupant in the river does not help matters.
However, when Jeremiah goes the same way, Ivy sees a chance to make a go of things Under New Management.
First broadcast Monday May 21st 1979