A Global Gathering to Honour a Life: Funeral Streaming at The London Oratory

Uniting Hearts Across Borders

Last Friday, our team had the honour of providing the live funeral streaming for a beautiful funeral service at The London Oratory, a place of solace and reverence. Despite the physical limitations that allowed only about 25 attendees, our funeral streaming service helped the family reach across continents, connecting with over 171 devices from 9 different countries worldwide. Including Australia, the UK, France, Egypt, the US, Germany, Tunisia, Hungary, and Malaysia, friends and family joined together virtually to pay their respects and bid farewell to a cherished soul.

It was a privilege to be the funeral videographer and capture the final farewell of Roy John Battersby, a distinguished British television director whose legacy spans iconic drama productions like "Between The Lines," "Inspector Morse," "Cracker," and "A Touch of Frost." His remarkable career, beginning with documentary features for BBC programs like "Tomorrow's World" and "Towards Tomorrow," solidified his place in the annals of television history.

The family's wish was to ensure that everyone, no matter where they were in the world, could be part of this important moment and it was an absolute privilege to provide the Funeral Streaming for everyone on the day.

As the service began, hundreds joined online, friends and family from many different countries around the world joined virtually, a testament to the impact that this man had made on so many peoples lives.

The funeral service paid homage to Steve's illustrious career and the indelible mark he left on Emmerdale. A brass band, fittingly, played the iconic Emmerdale theme music as he was carried into the chapel. This sentimental gesture transported everyone back to the world of the Dingles and the unforgettable moments he had brought to the screen.

I had the privilege of filming the funeral of Benjamin Zephaniah

As a funeral videographer, I consider it an extraordinary privilege to film and capture the intimate moments of people's lives, especially during their most poignant and challenging times. To document the shared memories of those who have departed is an incredible responsibility and something I am extremely passionate about. Such a privilege became profoundly evident when I was entrusted to film the private funeral of Benjamin Zephaniah, a renowned British Jamaican poet, writer, and animal rights activist.

I had the privilege of live streaming a heartfelt farewell at the City of London Cemetery. Family and friends came together to backfill the grave, a touching act of unity and love. 🤝💔 We were joined online by those unable to attend in person from the UK, United States, Canada, Trinidad, Turkey, Barbados, Ghana, Malta and Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Saint George.

As a Cambridgeshire Funeral Videographer I filmed this unique Memorial Service, full of charm and personal touches. The memorial Service took place in a family garden and was a heartening celebration of Helen’s life.

As Derbyshire Funeral Videographers we filmed the inspiring pirate-themed funeral of YouTube star "Captain" Kori Stovell on Wednesday at All Saints Church in Ripley, Derbyshire. Working alongside Funeral Directors at Archway Funeral Services, we filmed the whole day for the family with the aim of providing a video for all of Kori's Youtube followers, to show his amazing send-off.

Wandsworth Funeral Videographer: The touching and heartfelt moments from the farewell service of the extraordinary Sir Robert Malpas at St. Anne's Church in Wandsworth, filled with love, respect, and admiration for a truly remarkable individual.

This service I was Funeral Streaming had Stormtroopers walking down the aisle and standing either side of her portrait for the whole service. Beautiful music, tributes and stories of her life followed throughout the rest of the service. It was so inspiring with those attending laughing and crying at various parts of the service as stories and memories were shared about her life.

Filming a Colourful Nigerian Funeral in London - Mill Hill Cemetery

As a Funeral Videographer, Filming a Funeral can be a beautiful opportunity to capture the essence of someone's life and legacy as family and friends gather to say goodbye. A few days ago I had the privilege of filming a Nigerian funeral at St Andrews Church in London, followed by the internment at Mill Hill Cemetery and the wake at Sacred Heart Church. This was a celebration of life, full of colors, tributes, and music, and I was honored to be part of it.

It was an early morning as me and my team headed down to cover both the Funeral Photography and Funeral Videography for the Dube Family at Hollybrook Cemetery in Southampton. It was such a lovely funeral with amazing Gospel singing during the service and Graveside burial. A lovely family and here are some of the images from the day to give you a feel for what we do.

Yesterday I was at Sandhurst Miltary Academy in London Funeral Streaming for the Ministry of Defence. 26 year old Second Lieutenant Max George was sadly killed on a Salisbury Plain Training Exercise in June and we were asked to set up and provide the Funeral Streaming so that those unable to attend could join him online. It was a beautiful service with so many incredible Tributes from Family and Freinds. He was an impressive young man who had an amazing career ahead of him. It was an absolute priviledge to Live Stream his Funeral as 649 devices logged on throughout 21 countries across the world to pay their respects .

Sikh Funeral at Slough Crematorium & Slough Gurdwara Singh Sabha

A few days ago I had the privilege of providing the Funeral Videography for a Sikh Funeral at Slough Crematorium and the Gurdwara Singh Sabha Slough. I spent the day capturing everything this beautiful family, the details, the tributes, tears and laughter, everything that made the day what it was as they said goodbye to someone who would be greatly missed.

A few days ago I was Funeral Streaming in Rugby. The main funeral service was held at All Saints Church in Libourne followed by the Live Streaming of the Burial at Greenhaven Woodland Burial Ground. The Milk Float Hearse transporting the coffin was a really lovely touch. Of all the Funerals I’ve streamed and filmed over the years, this was the first time I’ve ever seen a Milk Float Hearse.

During the Live Streaming of the Funeral, Family and friends from the UK, Australia and New Zealand logged in to join the family online.

It was nice to be back at Randalls Park Crematorium again in Surrey yesterday. I was there a lot throughout the pandemic Live Streaming Funerals for Families as the venue didn’t have the facilities at the time. This time I was back to capture the funeral in the main crematorium through normal Filming. The family wanted a high quality copy of the funeral to share with friends and family. Normal filming gives you this opportunity, to film everything in 4K, inside and outside and to capture details in much more clarity and with much more creativity than what Funeral Streaming would allow.

The coffin was carried down by the Pallbearers and Funeral Director on a Hand Cart followed by Family and friends. It’s always a challenge to film this moment from lots of different angles without being too intrusive, but it was really important to the family to capture the essence of this part of the Funeral. I had already been filming lots of details such as drone shots alone the canopy of the forest ready to set the scene and lead up to these moments. The whole service was beautifully done, with some singing, a reading, tributes and touching music played in the background at various moments. Once the coffin had been lowered then flowers were sprinkled in the grave while music was played in the background on an instrument which I have never seen before, but sounded amazing.

This funeral took place in London where I was Funeral Streaming in Croydon for this family. I loved the subtle changes they made here, where he arrived the night before rather than on the day. What I liked about this approach was that as guests entered the church, they naturally made their way to the front to touch and read the cards on the Coffin, with many of them whispering their own tributes and words, before sitting down in their seats. A subtle but hugely powerful change which added a much deeper connection to the funeral.

This funeral took place in Whitby, North Yorkshire at the Church of St Mary’s which is situated right next to Whitby Abbey. St Mary’s is a Norman church built in 1110 and the interior was pretty unique. The pews were the tallest I have ever seen and I’ve been to hundreds of Churches during my time as a Wedding Videographer and Funeral Videographer. This made it quite difficult to see anyone once seated and the pulpit was really high up, so I had a few challenges with regards to filming positions to overcome. Luckily I had arrived nice and early giving me plenty of time to set up and make the most of the scenery.