{"id":169008,"date":"2025-06-09T01:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T01:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/169008\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T01:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T01:22:08","slug":"death-valley-hit-with-complaints-as-viewers-switch-off-new-low-for-bbc-tv-radio-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/169008\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Valley hit with complaints as viewers ‘switch off’ \u2013 ‘New low for BBC’ | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Death Valley was branded “utter drivel” as viewers rushed to slam the BBC<\/a> programme. The third instalment of the six-part series aired on Sunday (June 8) evening and featured John Chapel (played by Timothy Spall) and DS Janie Mallowan (Gwyneth Keyworth) as they investigated the untimely death of a best man. The third episode captured the attention of several viewers, but not for the right reasons.<\/p>\n

Taking to social media to complain about the series, one fumed: “What on earth is this shite??? #DeathValley No wonder everyone is talking about it… It’s utter drivel and woke toboot. Refund the BBC<\/a> if this is the best they can s**t out.” Another added: “Heard it was bad, but jeezo it’s horrendously bad. The lead lady is soooo irritating and the script is chronically unfunny. A new low for BBC<\/a> Sunday night viewing, absolutely horrendous.”<\/p>\n

Announcing they were forced to switch the programme off, another said: “Caught up with #DeathValley<\/a> on BBC1 I. love stuff staring Timothy Spall but just had to turn off after a few mins due to the awful co-star detective played by Gwyneth Keyworth shouting all the time. She must be one of the most annoying tv characters ever.”<\/p>\n

A fourth echoed: “I’m on the third episode of “Death Valley” – I really gave it a try, but it really doesn’t get on me. I can’t stand the main characters, they are cringe… in general I really like those shows, but this I’ll skip and that Ludwig will return soon.”<\/p>\n

Someone else declared: “#DeathValley on BBC1 is one of the worst programmes I’ve ever sat through!”<\/p>\n

Despite the criticism, others admitted they were enjoying the series, with one writing: “I know a lot of people seem to enjoy slagging off #DeathValley, and I admit that when I saw the initial trailer, I thought it looked poor; however, having binged the series the other day, I can quash my original reticence & say that I loved it. Daft, funny, cosy & Welsh.”<\/p>\n

A second agreed: “Enjoying #DeathValley too. It\u2019s Sunday night viewing and I remember \u2018By the Sword Divided\u2019 and \u2018The Pallisers\u2019 so this is quite fun.”<\/p>\n

Although Death Valley has received mixed reviews, the BBC<\/a> unveiled the impressive audience numbers for the show following its debut at the end of May.<\/p>\n

BBC<\/a>\u2019s latest figures reveal that the first episode, which aired on 25 May, captivated 2.9 million viewers on BBC<\/a> One, marking it as the most viewed launch for a new BBC<\/a> Scripted Comedy in five years, even surpassing Ludwig’s premiere last September which garnered 2.8 million viewers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Death Valley was branded “utter drivel” as viewers rushed to slam the BBC programme. The third instalment of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[192,70594,57980,58169,70598,70593,70592,70595,77,57981,382,16,15,70596,70597],"class_list":{"0":"post-169008","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-cast-death-valley","10":"tag-death-valley","11":"tag-death-valley-bbc","12":"tag-death-valley-series","13":"tag-death-valley-show","14":"tag-death-valley-tv","15":"tag-death-valley-tv-show","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-timothy-spall","18":"tag-tv","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom","21":"tag-where-is-death-valley","22":"tag-where-is-death-valley-filmed"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114650791569923997","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}