(Possibly) coming soon to the UK’s Channel 4, a documentary which will show the process of mummification on a terminally ill volunteer:

Channel 4 and production company Fulcrum TV have advertised in magazines for possible candidates.  The advert reads: ‘We are currently keen to talk to some one who, faced with the knowledge of their own terminal illness and all that it entails, would nonetheless consider undergoing the process of an ancient Egyptian embalming.’  An English scientist claims to have unlocked the secrets of mummification.  His efforts at recreating the work of Egyptians will be the subject of the documentary.

And while this may only yield a doc in the UK, given the rising unemployment and costs of health care here in America, I could easily see this kind of thing taking off as a weekly series.  Let’s see…Embalming the Underinsured?

Channel 4 Seeks Terminally-ill Volunteer To Be Mummified In TV Documentary