Death Valley Creator: 'It Often Falls Flat when Murder Mysteries Do Comedy'

Gwyneth Keyworth is a superfan sleuth in BritBox’s ‘Death Valley’

From Wales comes Thursday’s “Death Valley,” BritBox’s latest comically inclined crime-solving duo. Naturally, they’re an engaging if slightly odd couple. John Chapel (Timothy Spall) is a retired actor, still admired (and recognized) as the star of “Caesar,” a detective series. He’s (unofficially) recruited by the young Welsh Detective Sergeant Janie Mallowan (Gwyneth Keyworth) who is gob-smacked to meet her favorite TV detective and sees that hi…

Death Valley creator: 'It often falls flat when murder mysteries do comedy'

Death Valley creator Paul Doolan has said how his new comedy-drama stands out in the schedules, describing it as something "hardly" seen done right on television these days.Timothy Spall (The Sixth Commandment) and Gwyneth Keyworth (Lost Boys and Fairies) play a chalk-and-cheese duo in the series; a jaded, retired actor famous for playing a detective, and an actual detective of a much more spritely disposition.They form an unconventional friends…

Timothy Spall, 68, heaps praise on Vera's Brenda Blethyn, 79, as he delves into Death Valley role

Veteran actor Timothy Spall applauded Vera star Brenda Blethyn as he talked about staring in an upcoming BBC detective series.Spall, 68, was full of praise for Blethyn, 79, who waved goodbye to her role on beloved ITV drama series Vera at the start of the year after playing the Geordie detective for 14 series.Spall opened up about his role in Death Valley, which the BBC describes as following "the unlikely crime-solving partnership between eccen…