[Newshound47]

Sorry, ''our''?
This is the UK, of course the whole of the Pope's funeral wouldn't be heavily prioritised (in the eyes of some broadcasters here)
The whole thing was livestreamed on YouTube, so no need to waste your time complaining here.

I think to not even have it on BBC 2 when it was being provided to the media for free with no restrictions (which is rare) is a bit of a mistake. They were showing 'Snow Dogs' instead apparently. Critical watching.

Seems it could have been an easy way to fill 2 hours and also provide something for those who may have wanted to watch it.

That’s true. 

Plus in Nothern Ireland there is a higher Catholic population and it would have covered them as well. 
Funeral’s tend to rate well on TV - ceremonial stuff has a curiosity factor. 

If it was a sitting pope’s funeral I think it would have been on BBC2 maybe even BBC1.