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Former features editor of Melody Maker, Adam has written on rock, classical music and television for the Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, Independent on Sunday, Uncut, Classic FM and Gramophone, and on motor-racing for Motorsport. He co-founded The Virtual Television Company, which made Mr Rock'n'Roll (Channel 4), Pavarotti: The Last Tenor (BBC2 Arena) and Imagine - Nigel Kennedy (BBC One)

Articles By Adam Sweeting

The Count of Monte Cristo, U&Drama review - silly telly for the silly season

Tuesday, 05 August 2025 Read more...

The Naked Gun review - farce, slapstick and crass stupidity

Friday, 01 August 2025 Read more...

The Narrow Road to the Deep North, BBC One review - love, death and hell on the Burma railway

Thursday, 31 July 2025 Read more...

The Waterfront, Netflix review - fish, drugs and rock'n'roll

Monday, 28 July 2025 Read more...

Ballard, Prime Video review - there's something rotten in the LAPD

Tuesday, 22 July 2025 Read more...

Bookish, U&Alibi review - sleuthing and skulduggery in a bomb-battered London

Monday, 21 July 2025 Read more...

Insomnia, Channel 5 review - a chronicle of deaths foretold

Thursday, 10 July 2025 Read more...

Live Aid at 40: When Rock'n'Roll Took on the World, BBC Two review - how Bob Geldof led pop's battle against Ethiopian famine

Tuesday, 08 July 2025 Read more...

Hill, Sky Documentaries review - how Damon Hill battled his demons

Friday, 04 July 2025 Read more...

Jurassic World Rebirth review - prehistoric franchise gets a new lease of life

Wednesday, 02 July 2025 Read more...

F1: The Movie review - Brad Pitt rolls back the years as maverick racer Sonny Hayes

Thursday, 26 June 2025 Read more...

Prost, BBC 4 review - life and times of the driver they called 'The Professor'

Saturday, 21 June 2025 Read more...

The Buccaneers, Apple TV+, Season 2 review - American adventuresses run riot in Cornwall

Friday, 20 June 2025 Read more...

The Gold, Series 2, BBC One review - back on the trail of the Brink's-Mat bandits

Monday, 09 June 2025 Read more...

Dept. Q, Netflix review - Danish crime thriller finds a new home in Edinburgh

Monday, 02 June 2025 Read more...

The Rise and Fall of Michelle Mone, BBC Two - boom and bust in the lingerie trade

Thursday, 29 May 2025 Read more...

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