THE fun-loving funeral directors who strip naked for charity have been shocked to find they feature on a soft porn television channel.

The Funeral Monty features five undressing undertakers who, by the end of the show, are left wearing only their top hats.

It has been performed to family audiences all over Hampshire and has raised around £17,000 for local charities.

But producer Mark Mudie said he was shocked to hear the five-minute routine appeared twice on a late-night TV show called Eurotica.

He said: "I am not very happy about it, but I can see the funny side - I never thought I'd be a porn star at the age of 46."

Eurotica features alongside programmes such as Centrefolds Exposed and Girls Unzipped on Men and Motors, a television channel available to satellite, cable and digital viewers.

It is billed as "the weirdest and most bizarre videos of Europe's sexy side" and promises to take viewers "to places few have imagined and many want to visit".

London-based television company Bullseye TV sold The Funeral Monty footage to producers Daisybeck Productions after filming it at Fareham's Rainbow Centre last April.

At the time, all the funeral directors involved signed a release form giving the company permission to broadcast the show.

But Mr Mudie, who runs Solent Funeral Services in Stoke Road, Gosport, says they specified that it was not to be shown in Britain.

He said: "We said we did not mind it being broadcast in Europe but we said it must not be shown here.

"At that time we did not know how the public would react - it could have gone one way or the other. We just didn't want it shown in Britain.

"Now I've got clients walking in off the street telling me they saw my naked body on television.

"We have been taken for mugs. We have done something we thought would raise money for charity.

"We tried to ensure it would not be seen in Britain and it looks like they misled us."

Jorg Roth, managing director of Bullseye TV, said that, according to his information, the company is fully within its rights to sell the film to a UK broadcaster.

He said: "Our release forms state that we can sell it.

"I wouldn't say that we would never ever make a mistake but we try to be as careful as possible.

He added: "If Mr Mudie has a problem he should contact us."