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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

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...

The Staircase, NOW review - addictive dramatisation of real-life murder investigation

Friday, 13 May 2022 Read more...

DI Ray, ITV review - Parminder Nagra battles killer gangs and cultural stereotypes

Sunday, 08 May 2022 Read more...

Downton Abbey: A New Era review - will we ever see its like again?

Friday, 29 April 2022 Read more...

Life After Life, BBC Two review - déjà vu all over again

Wednesday, 27 April 2022 Read more...

Ennio review - sprawling biog of the maestro of movie music

Thursday, 21 April 2022 Read more...

Anatomy of a Scandal, Netflix review - sex, sexism and the abuse of power

Friday, 15 April 2022 Read more...

Operation Mincemeat review - Colin Firth and co practise the fine art of deception

Friday, 15 April 2022 Read more...

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle review - three decades of hell in the Pacific

Wednesday, 13 April 2022 Read more...

Hacks, Prime Video review - what's so funny about a career in comedy?

Saturday, 09 April 2022 Read more...

Thatcher & Reagan: A Very Special Relationship, BBC Two review - when the Iron Lady met the Cowboy President

Monday, 04 April 2022 Read more...

Bridgerton, Season 2, Netflix review - power politics and love triangles as Regency fantasy returns

Saturday, 26 March 2022 Read more...

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