- Title: Shall We Gather At The River
- Date: 24th June 1992
- Summary: HERBERT WHO LIVES WITH MUM AND GRAN HAS A FASCINATION WITH FUNERALS, IS CURIOUS AS TO WHY HIS MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER REFUSE TO DISCUSS HIS GRANDFATHER. GRAN FIND AND ARTICLE REVEALING A VIOLET O'SULLIVAN HAS DIED. MUM IS WORRIED THAT HERBERT WILL FIND OUT 'THE TRUTH'... HERBERT VISITS HIS FRIEND HEDLEY, A GRAVEDIGGER, AND WONDERS ABOUT HIS GRANDFATHER. MR STRATHCLYDE, THE UNDERTAKER, ARRIVES FOR DINNER WITH THE NEWS THAT VIOLET O'SULLIVAN IS TO BE BURIED IN THE LOCAL GRAVEYARD. HERBERT ASKS ABOUT HER AND MUM IS NOW REALLY WORRIED. MR STRATHCLYDE ASSURES HER THAT HE WILL SORT THINGS OUT SO THAT HERBERT WON'T GO TO VIOLET'S FUNERAL. HIS PLAN FAILS AND HERBERT ATTENDS THE FUNERAL AND IS NOW TOLD THAT HIS GRANDFATHER WAS A HANGMAN AND WAS MEANT TO HANG VIOLET O'SULLIVAN, BUT WHEN SHE WAS ACQUITED THEY RUN OFF TOGETHER. HERBERT IS UNPHASED BY 'THE TRUTH' TO MUM"S DELIGHT AND PROMISES TO STOP GATECRASHING FUNERALS.
- Description:Script development for a comedy series about herbert,a young boy with a taste for funerals and his friendship with an eccentric old man who shares the same interests. Episodes 1,2,3 and 4
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:ESTA'S TELEVISION COMPANY LTD
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:24/06/1992
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s