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A retired actor and a disarming young detective would make the perfect crime-fighting duo – if only they could get along.

Death Valley explores exactly what happens when the pair are thrown together in this new crime drama for BBC One.

Written and created by Paul Doolan and set in Wales, Death Valley follows the unlikely crime-solving partnership between eccentric national treasure and retired actor John Chapel (Timothy Spall) and Welsh detective sergeant Janie Mallowan (Gwyneth Keyworth).

Chapel played a television detective during his career and Mallowan is his number one fan.

Doolan said he was inspired to create the show because it “was that classic thing of writing what you wish was on TV. I’m a huge murder mystery fan and a massive comedy fan but felt that you hardly see them combined in a satisfying way.”

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.

He is now retired and something of a reclusive. But he has used his insight into character to deduce that his neighbour Carwyn was murdered. Although Janie is initially sceptical of his conclusions, when forensics prove his theory right she asks him to help with the case.

And so begins the most unlikely of crime-fighting duos.

Who is in the cast of Death Valley?

(Photo: Simon Ridgway/BBC Studios)

Spall described his character, John Chapel, as a ” bearded recluse who has become a bit of a curmudgeon described by one of the locals as a ‘grumpy old bastard”.

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.

On television, he is known for his roles in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Summer of Rockets and The Sixth Commandment, for which he won a Bafta.

Gwyneth Keyworth 

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.

“She doesn’t have a social life and her whole existence is for work. But she is also upbeat and quirky!”

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)

Steffan Rhodri plays Detective Chief inspector Barry Clarke, Janie’s boss. The Welsh actor will be well known to television audiences as bus driver Dave Coaches in the sitcom Gavin & Stacey.

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 is Helen Baxter, a straight-talking pathologist and friend of Janie. The Welsh actress has previously starred in The Pembrokeshire Murders, The Tuckers, The Outlaws and The Pact.

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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Death Valley was filmed on location in Wales last summer. The seaside town of Penarth, just outside Cardiff, was one of the main backdrops for the show.

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.

Not only was the landmark pier captured on film, so was the local Brod Bakery last July. A report in the Penarth Times said Spall was “spotted in the centre of Penarth during a break in filming”.

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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