BAFTA-Winning ‘Sixth Commandment’ Star Timothy Spall Leading BBC Comedy Caper ‘Death Valley’

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Fresh off his latest BAFTA win for The Sixth Commandment, Timothy Spall‘s next project has been revealed. The Harry Potter star is leading Death Valley with Welsh actress Gwyneth Keyworth (Black Mirror) for the BBC.

Written and created by Paul Doolan (Mammoth) and set in Wales, Death Valley follows the unlikely crime-solving partnership between eccentric national treasure John Chapel (Spall), a retired actor and star of hit fictional detective TV show Caesar, and disarming detective sergeant Janie Mallowan (Keyworth).

Thrown together by the murder of John’s neighbor, John and Janie are an odd, yet hilarious duo with opposing instincts, and each week they get to the bottom of gripping murders. “I’m really looking forward to teaming up with the brilliant Gwyneth Keyworth and the fantastically talented team of creatives and technicians on this new and unique comedy drama,” said Spall.

BBC Studios is producing and distributing, and filming will begin next month. Spall beat the likes of Brian Cox to win his first BAFTA last weekend in the Leading Actor category for factual drama The Sixth Commandment, in which he played a university lecturer who was manipulated and eventually murdered by his former student and lodger.