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

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
Richard Rankin as John Rebus for Rebus on BBC One
BBC still to reveal future of its 100% Rotten Tomatoes rated cop drama after a year

By David Hollingsworth Published

Rebus' future in doubt as 12 months pass since the first series

Crime Dramas
Gary Oldman in Slow Horses
Netflix has a cop version of Slow Horses coming this month from the writer of The Queen's Gambit — I can't wait!

By David Hollingsworth Published

Move over Jackson Lamb, we have a new grump to cheer for in Netflix's Dept. Q

Dramas
Mike in Secrets We Keep
Secrets We Keep episode 3 recap: Did Mike have an affair with Ruby?

By David Hollingsworth Published

Cecilie tells the police about the pregnancy test, and she finds something disturbing on Mike's phone

Dramas
Sir Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars
Did Sir Alec Guinness really hate Star Wars? 'Oh crumbs, this is simply not for me'

By David Hollingsworth Published

And how much was his cut of the profits of the 1977 film that changed movie history?

Sci-Fi
Lee Jae-wook as Hongrang and Cho Bo-ah as Jae-i in Netflix series Dear Hongrang
Netflix adds 'spellbinding' romantic mystery period thriller based on hit book

By David Hollingsworth Published

Lavish drama Dear Hongrang has just been added to Netflix

Romance
Cecilie with Rasmus in Secrets We Keep episode 2
Secrets We Keep episode 2 recap: Is Rasmus threatening Cecilie?

By David Hollingsworth Published

Cecilie is torn over whether to tell the police about the pregnancy test she found, as the search steps up for Ruby

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 1 recap: Ruby goes missing

By David Hollingsworth Published

Cecilie starts to investigate what's happened to her neighbor's au pair, Ruby

Dramas
Marie Bach Hansen in Netflix's Secrets We Keep.
Netflix adds a new Nordic noir thriller that's sure to be your next binge — can it live up to The Åre Murders?

By David Hollingsworth Published

Secrets We Keep dips into the murky world of Danish high society as an au pair goes missing

Thrillers
Timothy Spall as John Chapel in Death Valley
Timothy Spall's murder mystery comedy gets BBC1 release date at last — and it features a Gavin & Stacey star

By David Hollingsworth Published

Death Valley sees Spall play an actor who turns detective

Mystery
Vicky McClure and Morven Christie in The Replacement
Best BBC series on Netflix to enjoy right now

By David Hollingsworth Last updated

Our guide to the best BBC series available to watch on Netflix.

Netflix
Red Eye season 2 stars Jing Lusi and Martin Compston
Red Eye season 2 first look reveals Line of Duty star at heart of the action

By David Hollingsworth Published

Martin Compston stars as the plane thriller Red Eye returns

Dramas
Neuromancer
Neuromancer: everything we know about the Apple TV Plus series

By David Hollingsworth Published

Sci-fi classic is heading to Apple TV Plus

Sci-Fi
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