Stacey Dooley’s TV comeback confirmed after giving birth – and it’s seriously dark

STACEY Dooley’s TV comeback after giving birth has been confirmed – and it’s a seriously dark subject.

The documentary maker welcomed daughter Minnie with partner Kevin Clifton in January after the couple met on Strictly Come Dancing in 2018.

Stacey has continued to work since giving birth, heading on a UK tour to talk about her career and issues covered in her documentaries.

Now her next TV project has been unveiled by the BBC, Stacey Dooley: Inside the Undertakers.

It will see the 36-year-old confront one of society’s last taboos – death – by immersing herself in the world of undertaking at one of the UK’s busiest family-run funeral businesses. 

This new film follows Stacey’s previous documentary, Inside the Convent, where she expressed her fear of death, seeking answers from the nuns she was staying with, but her curiosity wasn’t fully satisfied.  

Now she’s a mother, her worries for the future, and about death, have only been exacerbated.

In order to try to overcome her fears, Stacey wants to face death head on.  

Stacey will join the team of funeral directors at Nottinghamshire-based firm, A.W. Lymn The Family Funeral Service.

One of the largest independent funeral enterprises in the country, the company is a proud fifth-generation family-run business.

Stacey will fully immerse herself in every aspect of the company’s day-to-day work to discover more about the business of death – from arranging funerals to making coffins, learning more about embalming to carving elaborate headstones – and will try to get the answers she has been searching for. 

Additionally, Stacey’s time at the undertakers will act as a springboard for her to explore other people’s stories. She will follow several funerals, from start to finish, to see how faith, and also secular beliefs, play a part at this extraordinary moment.   

Stacey said: “Death is a topic that’s openly discussed in many other cultures, even celebrated in some instances, yet I am so awkwardly British about the whole thing!  

“It is, of course, inevitable, and that’s why I wanted to really explore exactly what happens when we do die.

“This access allows us to ponder the bigger questions surrounding life, as well as witness the practical logistics of a funeral. I’d like to thank every family member that has allowed us to document their story. I’m so grateful.” 

The documentary’s release date will be confirmed at a later date.