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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

Prisoner, BBC Four review - jailhouse rocked by drugs, violence and racism

Thursday, 07 March 2024 Read more...

Drive to Survive, Season 6, Netflix review - F1 documentary overtaken by events

Tuesday, 27 February 2024 Read more...

The Way, BBC One review - steeltown blues

Tuesday, 20 February 2024 Read more...

Kin, Series 2, BBC One review - when crime dynasties collide

Monday, 19 February 2024 Read more...

Bob Marley: One Love review - sanitised official version of the Jamaican icon's story

Thursday, 15 February 2024 Read more...

Griselda, Netflix review - Sofía Vergara excels as the Godmother of cocaine trafficking

Sunday, 04 February 2024 Read more...

Argylle review - Matthew Vaughn's secret agent fantasy dares you to deny it

Friday, 02 February 2024 Read more...

Masters of the Air, Apple TV+ review - painful and poignant account of the Eighth Air Force's bombing campaign

Thursday, 25 January 2024 Read more...

True Detective: Night Country, Sky Atlantic review - death in a cold climate

Friday, 19 January 2024 Read more...

Criminal Record, Apple TV+ review - law and disorder in Hackney

Friday, 12 January 2024 Read more...

Poor Things review - other-worldly adaptation of Alasdair Gray's novel

Thursday, 11 January 2024 Read more...

The Tourist, Series 2, BBC One review - an amnesiac Jamie Dornan explores his Irish roots

Wednesday, 03 January 2024 Read more...

Best of 2023: TV

Monday, 01 January 2024 Read more...

The Kemps: All Gold, BBC Two review - bickering with the Ballet boys

Saturday, 30 December 2023 Read more...

Murder Is Easy, BBC One review - was this journey really necessary?

Thursday, 28 December 2023 Read more...

Mad About the Boy: the Noël Coward Story, BBC Two review - the making of The Master

Wednesday, 27 December 2023 Read more...

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