Death Valley has wrapped up its second season, but will the BBC crime drama be back for a third instalment?

Timothy Spall and writer Paul Doolan have shared their thoughts on the show’s future.

Death Valley season two draws to a close on Sunday evening (June 21), bringing another compelling six-part series to an end.

The latest instalment opened with Janie Mallowan (Gwyneth Keyworth) clashing with John Chapel (Timothy Spall) after learning that her former television idol-turned-crime-solving partner has begun a relationship with her own mother, Yvonne (Melanie Walters).

Throughout the BBC series, the mismatched pair have been compelled to navigate both professional and personal challenges, including the appearance of Janie’s estranged father, Michael (Owen Teale).

With its mixture of humour and captivating mysteries, devotees of the cosy Welsh crime drama will be questioning whether the programme is set to return for season three, reports the Express.

In conversation with Express.co.uk, leading actor Timothy Spall expressed his desire for another series of Death Valley but recognised the fierce level of competition, while writer Paul Doolan admitted he remains uncertain about the show’s future, as further episodes have yet to be commissioned.

Paul said: “We don’t actually know yet. I’m not sure what we’re allowed to say. But hopefully, definitely want to kill more people, so let’s hope so.”

Timothy continued, “I mean, we don’t know. This is the nature of the thing. Unfortunately, the BBC, you know as we know, in the modern world, it’s going to have to find its feet. It’s got to sustain itself in this massively competitive world it is in now.”

“It’s got to cater for so many people because it is a public broadcasting service. But they can’t guarantee it all the time because they’ve got so many things to think about. You have got to see how it goes down, so I don’t know.”

Timothy concluded: “We don’t know, we’re sort of talking about it, aren’t we. But we want to be sort of preparing for the possibility of it, but we don’t know.”

Paul added: “What’s been really nice about doing a second series is you realise you’re not bored of the characters, and you have not run out of story ideas, because that’s the constant fear, but it feels like there is plenty more fuel left in it.

“So I’d love to write more, but it is like you say, it’s the BBC. They have a duty to make sure they’re recommissioning things that lots of people are watching.”

Death Valley is available to stream on BBC iPlayer