Has TV gone too far this time? Body of terminally ill man is mummified for Channel 4 documentary

Channel 4 could find itself at the centre of another taste row after agreeing to broadcast a documentary showing the body of a British man being mummified like an Egyptian Pharoah.

The macabre programme, called Mummifying Alan, will make television history when it airs later this month as a scientific embalming experiment is unprecedented.

Sources say the man, who had been terminally ill, was interested in preservation techniques used at the time of Tutankhamun.

The man, from the West Country, is not expected to be identified until next week when his family will explain why he agreed to be part of the show, according to The Sunday Express.   Read Here