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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

Clash review - 'a nation in crisis'

Wednesday, 19 April 2017 Read more...

Homeland review - 'worryingly prescient'

Monday, 17 April 2017 Read more...

Guerrilla review – 'it takes itself fantastically seriously'

Friday, 14 April 2017 Read more...

The Sense of an Ending review – an enigmatic journey through the past

Thursday, 13 April 2017 Read more...

The Last Kingdom - 'one of the very best things on television'

Friday, 07 April 2017 Read more...

Sunday Book: Min Kym - Gone: A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung

Sunday, 02 April 2017 Read more...

Ghost in the Shell review - 'a mind-bending futuristic dystopia'

Wednesday, 29 March 2017 Read more...

Line of Duty, Series 4 review – 'the tension rocketed to brain-jangling red alert'

Monday, 27 March 2017 Read more...

Life review - 'knuckle-gnawing moments of panic'

Thursday, 23 March 2017 Read more...

SS–GB, Series Finale, BBC One

Monday, 20 March 2017 Read more...

The Last Kingdom, Series 2, BBC Two

Friday, 17 March 2017 Read more...

Big Little Lies, Sky Atlantic

Tuesday, 14 March 2017 Read more...

Back in the Line of Duty

Monday, 13 March 2017 Read more...

Elle review - sexual violence, black humour and satire

Wednesday, 08 March 2017 Read more...

Logan

Wednesday, 01 March 2017 Read more...

The Replacement, BBC One

Wednesday, 01 March 2017 Read more...

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