Ray Martin: The Last Goodbye on SBS and SBS on Demand S1E3 – Statistically speaking, Australia’s beloved journalist and 5-time Logie winner, Ray Martin, will be dead in 4 years.
Actually, because he is male, take another 2 years off. That leaves a short window to plan his funeral and yet- has he done so? Alas, no. In fact, like most Australians, he’s barely given it much thought.
Returning to SBS with his new series Ray Martin: The Last Goodbye, Ray takes an investigative deep dive into one of the nation’s last taboos – and life’s only absolute certainty – death.
As he sets about planning his own funeral in this series, Ray discovers the trends, rituals, practicalities, and emerging tech around the way we lay ourselves to eternal rest. Meeting with morticians, medical students, undertakers and death deniers, Ray seeks to understand Australia’s relationship with death.
What choices must be made along each stage of the dying act? Why do we choose certain ceremonies, songs and resting places? How do religions and cultures negotiate death differently? What options will open up to us in the future? And how much is it all going to cost us?
Episode Three:
From heart-wrenching Samoan goodbye lullabies to heavy metal mosh pits and explosive firework farewells, Ray Martin looks into the nooks and crannies of Australia’s varying cultures and sub-cultures for the elements he would like to incorporate for his own ‘Last Goodbye’. Ray reveals what he’s decided for his own funeral in a ‘Living Wake’.
Ray Martin: The Last Goodbye on SBS and SBS on Demand – Final Episode / Wednesday, 28 August at 8.30pm (3 Parts)
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Ray Martin: The Last Goodbye on SBS and SBS on Demand S1E3
