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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

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...

Das Boot, Series 3, Sky Atlantic review - submarine warfare finds new horizons

Wednesday, 25 May 2022 Read more...

Top Gun: Maverick review - Tom Cruise defies age and gravity

Friday, 20 May 2022 Read more...

The Essex Serpent, Apple TV+ review - tradition and superstition versus the march of progress

Tuesday, 17 May 2022 Read more...

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