Grave Trade will be a fly on the wall of the funeral home T Cribbs & Sons and has been commissioned by A+E Networks UK.
Grave Trade will look at the culture of burial and death in British history and will also follow archaeologists as they work on Roman, Saxon, medieval and post-medieval burial sites. The show will be broadcast later this year.
"We're very excited about this commission as ITV Studios have found a really original way to tackle this sensitive subject matter, one that is rarely seen on television,'' says Rachel Job, the head of acquisitions and commissioning at History.
''Death is a hugely important and ritualistic part of any society and the archaeologists' discoveries, contrasting with the busy contemporary funeral trade, will capture a revealing insight into how our perceptions of death have changed throughout history."
