David Hollingsworth

David Hollingsworth

Editor

David is the What To Watch Editor and has over 20 years of experience in television journalism. He is currently writing about the latest television and film news for What To Watch.


Before working for What To Watch, David spent many years working for TV Times magazine, interviewing some of television's most famous stars including Hollywood actor Kiefer Sutherland, singer Lionel Richie and wildlife legend Sir David Attenborough. 


David started out as a writer for TV Times before becoming the title's deputy features editor and then features editor. During his time on TV Times, David also helped run the annual TV Times Awards. David is a huge Death in Paradise fan, although he's still failed to solve a case before the show's detective! He also loves James Bond and controversially thinks that Timothy Dalton was an excellent 007.


Other than watching and writing about telly, David loves playing cricket, going to the cinema, trying to improve his tennis and chasing about after his kids!

Latest articles by David Hollingsworth

Billie Piper in Doctor Who it appears as The Doctor

'I have always said I would love to return to the Whoniverse.' Billie Piper appears to be the new Doctor in shock twist as Ncuti Gatwa exits the TARDIS

By David Hollingsworth published

Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor regenerates into Billie Piper

Doctor Who
The Hour cast

Hurry! Netflix users have just days left to enjoy Ben Whishaw's wonderful forgotten BBC drama

By David Hollingsworth published

The hours are ticking by to watch The Hour on Netflix...

Dramas
Timothy Spall as John Chapel in Death Valley

Death Valley: release date, cast, plot and everything we know

By David Hollingsworth last updated

Timothy Spall stars in the new BBC One show

Crime Dramas
Death Valley episode 2 the walking group

Death Valley episode 2 recap: Who murdered the mystery walker?

By David Hollingsworth last updated

Janie and John dive into a new mystery, and we meet Janie's mum!

Crime Dramas
Death Valley episode 1 John and Joyce chat at a garden gate

Death Valley episode 1 recap: Who killed Carwyn? And why?

By David Hollingsworth last updated

John Chapel goes from TV cop to real detective when a businessman is found shot...

Crime Dramas
Timothy Spall as John Chapel in Death Valley

Death Valley ending explained: John Chapel reveals a huge secret!

By David Hollingsworth published

John and Janie have two cases to solve in the finale of the series, but are they linked?

Crime Dramas

Is there a BritBox free trial?

By David Hollingsworth last updated

Is there a BritBox free trial? Can you watch BritBox for free?

Channels and Streaming Services
Officer Joanna Marshall (Sophie Rundle) standing in thigh-deep water in a flooded street for After the Flood

BritBox price: How much does a BritBox subscription cost? And can you save?

By David Hollingsworth last updated

Everything you need to know about how much BritBox costs.

Channels and Streaming Services
John Chapel (Timothy Spall) sits at his kitchen table with various documents and a teacup on top of it. DS Janie Mallowan (Gwyneth Keyworth) is standing next to him, leaning on the table with her left arm and looking at John with some degree of confusion.

Death Valley episode 5 recap: A murder mystery weekend becomes real!

By David Hollingsworth published

Janie and John attend 'A dinner with death'

Crime Dramas
An image of John Chapel (Timothy Spall) and DS Janie Mallowan (Gwyneth Keyworth( standing in a spotlight, with a red tint to the area around them that isn't in the glare of the light. John is touching his chin with his fingers in a thoughtful fashion, and Janie is writing in a police notebook that she holds in her hands.

Death Valley episode 4 recap: John heads back to the stage... for murder!

By David Hollingsworth published

A murder by the sea has John and Janie perplexed...

Crime Dramas
Matthew Goode in Dept. Q

Netflix adds the crime drama series I'm most excited for this year — I'm planning to binge!

By David Hollingsworth published

Netflix has just got Dept Q. and I can't wait to dive in...

Crime Dramas
John Chapel (Timothy Spall) sits on the floor of his home, next to an old-looking mahogany desk and various piles of books and papers. He is looking up at someone or something unseen, and has the fingers of his right hand are semi-curled in concentration.

Death Valley episode 3 recap: Who murdered the best man?

By David Hollingsworth published

The bride and groom are on the list of suspects as Janie and John face a tricky case...

Crime Dramas
Race Across the World season 5 Caroline and Tom pour over a map in episode 6

I'm hoping Tom and his mum Caroline win Race Across the World — they've fought the hardest and deserve victory

By David Hollingsworth published

Everything went wrong at first for the pair, but they've really grown as a team, and I want them to triumph

Reality
Rosamund Pike in The Wheel of Time season 3

'It's time to save The Wheel of Time!' Grieving fans launch bid to rescue show after shock axe

By David Hollingsworth published

The Wheel of Time isn't returning unless fans can somehow mount an unlikely rescue bid

Fantasy
A bottle of tylenol from Netflix docuseries Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders.

Netflix adds doc about chilling unsolved multiple murder case — and interviews a key suspect

By David Hollingsworth published

True crime series claims to have the last known interview with a suspect in the 1980s poisonings case that shook America

Documentaries
Grant, Tatiana and Bond share a meal in From Russia With Love.

'I think the second one is the best of them all.' ITV is showing Sean Connery's favourite James Bond movie today

By David Hollingsworth published

Connery adored From Russia With Love

Action
An image of John Chapel (Timothy Spall) and DS Janie Mallowan (Gwyneth Keyworth( standing in a spotlight, with a red tint to the area around them that isn't in the glare of the light. John is touching his chin with his fingers in a thoughtful fashion, and Janie is writing in a police notebook that she holds in her hands.

Death Valley cast: who's who in the comedy crime drama

By David Hollingsworth published

Find out about all the characters and who's playing them in the new series, Death Valley...

Crime Dramas
Jack Lowden as Kenneth Noye in The Gold season 2

Slow Horses star Jack Lowden to make surprise return in The Gold Season 2 as release date revealed

By David Hollingsworth published

Jack Lowden to return as Kenneth Noye as BBC reveals The Gold's second series will be here very soon...

Dramas
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds

Netflix adds doc about the elite pilots who risk death to fly 18 inches apart nearly at the speed of sound

By David Hollingsworth published

The Thunderbirds are the U.S. Air Force's display team, who demonstrate all over the world

Documentaries
Alma's Not Normal season 1 sees Sophie Willan reprise the role of Alma.

Sophie Willan to star with Michael Palin in new BBC comedy created by Mackenzie Crook — and more comedies announced

By David Hollingsworth published

Small Prophets boasts a great cast including the Alma's Not Normal star...

Comedy
Cecilie and Kat talk in Secrets We Keep

Netflix fans debate shocking ending to Secrets We Keep: 'The ending annoyed me!'

By David Hollingsworth published

Everyone is talking about the Danish thriller which has hit the Netflix Top 10

Dramas
Cecilie and Kat talk in Secrets We Keep

Secrets We Keep ending explained: What is Kat hiding?

By David Hollingsworth published

Secrets We Keep ending sees a big shock....

Dramas
Secrets We Keep cast Lars Ranthe as Rasmus Hoffmann, Marie Bach Hansen as Cecile Mike Vinter-Jensen, Danica Curcic as Katarina Hoffmann and Simon Sears as Mike Vinter-Jensen

Secrets We Keep episode 5 recap: Was Ruby murdered?

By David Hollingsworth published

Cecilie suspects Mike, while Viggo's phone is confiscated, revealing the video thread

Dramas
Secrets We Keep cast Lars Ranthe as Rasmus Hoffmann, Marie Bach Hansen as Cecile Mike Vinter-Jensen, Danica Curcic as Katarina Hoffmann and Simon Sears as Mike Vinter-Jensen

I've binged Netflix's latest Nordic noir hit, but why did they make almost all the characters vile?

By David Hollingsworth published

Secrets We Keep is a good mystery...

Dramas
Mike in Secrets We Keep

Secrets We Keep episode 4 recap: Mike becomes the prime suspect

By David Hollingsworth published

Cecilie starts to wonder about her husband

Dramas
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