Stacey Dooley gives update on new 'frank but sensitive' BBC TV project

Stacey Dooley has issued an update on her latest TV project which explores the subject of death.

The presenter and former Strictly Come Dancing star shared a still from the new documentary series with her 1.1 million Instagram followers. The photo shows Stacey with her curly, ginger hair in a high ponytail mid-conversation.

In the caption she shared an update, writing: "Our new film looking at death is finished and will air next month. A frank yet sensitive approach, hopefully.

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"A sincere thank you to the families we filmed with. So grateful. Coming soon @bbciplayer x".

The new doc will see the 36-year-old explore the inner workings of one of the UK's busiest funeral directors. Stacey Dooley: Inside The Undertakers sees the star join the team at Nottinghamshire-based A.W. Lymn.

In the BBC One film, Stacey helps to arrange funerals, make coffins and learns about embalming. The presenter previously said she wanted to "explore exactly what happens when we die".

"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," she said.

The documentary will see Stacey follow several funerals from start to finish to see how faith and secular beliefs play a role in the services. "This access allows us to ponder the bigger questions surrounding life, as well as witness the practical logistics of a funeral," she said.

In August 1907 Arthur William Lymn conducted his first funeral and since then it has