Decorating your coffin for your own funeral—doesn’t it sound morbid? Not on this show; in The Coffin, a host will take a spin in his FIAT 500 with a coffin on top. He’ll drive around the country to portray national celebrities. The celebrity will decorate his own coffin—and will tell more about his view of his own funeral… In The Coffin a host drives through the country in a orange FIAT 500 with a blank coffin on his roof…The coffin leads to different conversations with famous people of the country regarding her or his life. The guest may decorate the coffin. During decorating the coffin the host will have a conversation with the guest; is he or she happy with living his or her life? Should things be changed? They will drive together to a location which symbolises the death of the guest. Will he or she be afraid for death? How does he want to die? Who will miss him/her? Is there life after death? Finally they will go together with the FIAT500 and the coffin on the roof to the cemetery, where he or she will be buried later on. The guest does not know that some friends and family are waiting over there to read their speeches which they would normally have made for his/her funeral. The Coffin is a all about motives in life… March 2010 the EO started the second series in which ordinary people give their view on their own funeral.

Aired in: The Netherlands
Format Creator: EO/Nachtzon Media,The Netherlands
Category: Entertainment, Factual / Reality