Adam Sweeting

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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

Van der Valk, Series 2 Finale, ITV review - sleaze, corruption and skulduggery in Amsterdam Monday, 22 August 2022 Read more...	Better Call Saul, Season 6 Finale, Netflix review - end of the line for TV's most celebrated con artist Friday, 19 August 2022 Read more...
Shetland, Series 7, BBC One review - Douglas Henshall is back for the last time as Jimmy Perez Friday, 12 August 2022 Read more...	Murder in Provence, ITV review - a little light sleuthing amid fabulous French scenery Tuesday, 02 August 2022 Read more...
Where the Crawdads Sing review - picturesque film glosses over its darker themes Monday, 25 July 2022 Read more...	The Gray Man, Netflix review - the Russo brothers explore big-bang theory Saturday, 23 July 2022 Read more...
Trom, BBC Four review - there's something fishy in the North Atlantic Sunday, 17 July 2022 Read more...	Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams, BBC One review - Lancashire all-rounder adds new strings to his bow Wednesday, 13 July 2022 Read more...
Mick Jagger: My Life as a Rolling Stone review, BBC Two - the rock'n'roll enigma gives little away as the band reaches 60 Monday, 04 July 2022 Read more...	The Undeclared War, Channel 4 review - how would the UK cope with a devastating cyber-attack? Friday, 01 July 2022 Read more...
Man vs Bee, Netflix review - or should it be Bee vs Bean? Thursday, 30 June 2022 Read more...	Elvis review - Austin Butler shines in patchy biopic Friday, 24 June 2022 Read more...
Sherwood, BBC One review - a traumatic journey through a painful past Tuesday, 14 June 2022 Read more...	We Own This City, Sky Atlantic review - 'The Wire' creator David Simon is back on the Baltimore beat Thursday, 09 June 2022 Read more...
Pistol, Disney+ review - Punk history repeats itself as farce Tuesday, 31 May 2022 Read more...	Prehistoric Planet, Apple TV+ review - David Attenborough presents life on earth, 66 million years ago Thursday, 26 May 2022 Read more...

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Adam Sweeting

Articles By Adam Sweeting

Van der Valk, Series 2 Finale, ITV review - sleaze, corruption and skulduggery in Amsterdam

Better Call Saul, Season 6 Finale, Netflix review - end of the line for TV's most celebrated con artist

Shetland, Series 7, BBC One review - Douglas Henshall is back for the last time as Jimmy Perez

Murder in Provence, ITV review - a little light sleuthing amid fabulous French scenery

Where the Crawdads Sing review - picturesque film glosses over its darker themes

The Gray Man, Netflix review - the Russo brothers explore big-bang theory

Trom, BBC Four review - there's something fishy in the North Atlantic

Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams, BBC One review - Lancashire all-rounder adds new strings to his bow

Mick Jagger: My Life as a Rolling Stone review, BBC Two - the rock'n'roll enigma gives little away as the band reaches 60

The Undeclared War, Channel 4 review - how would the UK cope with a devastating cyber-attack?

Man vs Bee, Netflix review - or should it be Bee vs Bean?

Elvis review - Austin Butler shines in patchy biopic

Sherwood, BBC One review - a traumatic journey through a painful past

We Own This City, Sky Atlantic review - 'The Wire' creator David Simon is back on the Baltimore beat

Pistol, Disney+ review - Punk history repeats itself as farce

Prehistoric Planet, Apple TV+ review - David Attenborough presents life on earth, 66 million years ago

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