Death Valley returns to BBC One this Sunday with another installment of small-town crime, big personalities, and the kind of dry wit that could crack a Welsh tombstone. Airing at 8:15 PM, Episode 4 of the six-part series finds both Janie and John staring down some demons—hers of the career variety, his buried under decades of theatrical regret.
Janie, ever determined to bag her DI promotion, gets elbow-deep into the Menna Hughes murder investigation and enlists John—the artist formerly known as an actor—for a little undercover intel-gathering. His assignment? Infiltrate the local am-dram group and see what secrets are hiding behind the curtain calls. Turns out, one of those secrets is John’s own buried passion for greasepaint and footlights.
As John rediscovers his love of the stage—and confronts feelings he’d long packed away—Janie, inspired by an unlikely suspect, tackles her own internal struggles. Turns out, solving crimes sometimes means picking at old scabs, both personal and professional. This episode strikes a strong balance between character work and procedural, giving fans of dry crime fare a solid hour of laughs, revelations, and the kind of small-town gossip that can kill a reputation faster than a poisoned pint.
