Death Valley explores exactly what happens when the pair are thrown together in this new crime drama for BBC One.
Chapel played a television detective during his career and Mallowan is his number one fan.
John Chapel (Timothy Spall) and Janine Mallowan (Gwyneth Keyworth) form an unlikely crime-fighting duo (Photo: Simon Ridgway+/BBC Studios)
DS Janie Mallowan is an ambitious detective desperate to solve the big cases and progress her career. While investigating the death by apparent suicide of wealthy property developer Carwyn Rees, she meets her television detective hero John Chapel.
And so begins the most unlikely of crime-fighting duos.
Who is in the cast of Death Valley?
(Photo: Simon Ridgway/BBC Studios)
The 68-year-old has starred in a multitude of major films including Secrets & Lies, Topsy-Turvy, Mr Turner, Hamlet, The Damned United, The King’s Speech and the Harry Potter movies.
Gwyneth Keyworth
(Photo: Simon Ridgway/BBC Studios)Keyworth said of her character, Janie Mallowan: “She is enthusiastic at work, but her private life is shut down. She suffered quite a big loss just after finishing school and she hasn’t really recovered from it.
The Welsh actress is best known for her roles in the sitcom The Great Outdoors and sci-fi comedy Misfits. She has also appeared in The Crown, Game of Thrones, Power Monkeys, Lost Boys and Fairies and Wasted. She also played Evelyn Anders in the Alex Rider series.
Steffan Rhodri as DCI Clarke (Photo: Simon Ridgway/BBC Studios)
He has appeared in The Hollow Crown, A Very English Scandal, Temple, Manhunt, The Last Kingdom, Steeltown Murders and The Way. He has also had roles in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, Under Milk Wood, Wonder Woman and Mr Burton.
Alexandria Riley
Alexandria Riley as Helen Baxter (Photo: Tom Jackson/BBC Studios)Recently, she has had roles in Silo, Lost Boys and Fairies and the Netflix hit Baby Reindeer. The remaining cast of Death Valley includes:
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Read More Patricia Hodge as Helena (All Creatures Great & Small, Miranda, Murder in Provence) Rithvik Andugula as DC Evan Chaudhry (Extraordinary) Mike Bubbins as Desk Sergeant Tony (Mammoth, Tourist Trap) Jim Howick as Constable Atkins (Horrible Historis, Ghosts, Sex Education, The Change) Ravi Multani as police officer (Man Like Mobeen, Waterloo Road) Steve Speirs as Lloyd (The Tuckers, After Life, Upstart Crow) Colin McFarlane as Bill (Outlander, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight) Oliver Ryan as Ceri Richardson (Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, The Red King) Amy Trigg as Amber (Everything Now, Such Brave Girls) Julie Barclay as Debbie (Belgravia: The Next Chapter, The Undeclared War) Vahid Gold as Ben (Emerald City, World’s End) Kerry Joy Stewart as Marged (Torchwood, Combat Kids) Lucy Walters as Sue (Mammoth)
Known for its waterfront and Victorian pier overlooking the Bristol Channel, it served as the location for a crime scene and the home of one of the main characters.
Filming for Death Valley took place in Wales, in the Vale of Glamorgan (Photo: Simon Ridgway/BBC Studios)
Filming also took place in the historic town of Llantwit Major, in the Vale of Glamorgan. Insole Court in Llandaff, a large Victorian mansion located in Cardiff, provided a Gothic-style setting for some of the scenes.
When is Death Valley on, and how many episodes are there?
Death Valley debuts on BBC One on Sunday 25th May at 8.15pm. There are six episodes in total in the series and they will air weekly on Sundays. The entire series will also be available to stream on the BBC iPlayer.
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