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

Bent Coppers: Crossing the Line of Duty, BBC Two review - when crime paid handsomely for corrupt officers Thursday, 15 April 2021 Read more...	Too Close, ITV review - capable cast struggles with unrewarding material Wednesday, 14 April 2021 Read more...
Sound of Metal review - hidden depths behind the decibels Thursday, 08 April 2021 Read more...	Intruder, Channel 5 review - implausible but watchable Wednesday, 07 April 2021 Read more...
Queen Elizabeth and the Spy in the Palace, Channel 4 review - how the Fourth Man burrowed deep into the British Establishment Monday, 05 April 2021 Read more...	Keeping Faith, Series 3, BBC One review - is the drama turning to melodrama? Sunday, 28 March 2021 Read more...
Line of Duty, Series 6, BBC One review - fasten your seatbelts, it's back Monday, 22 March 2021 Read more...	Drive to Survive, Season 3, Netflix review - the agony and the ecstasy of the 2020 F1 campaign Saturday, 20 March 2021 Read more...
The One, Netflix review - the downside of scientific matchmaking Thursday, 18 March 2021 Read more...	Grace, ITV review - sun, sea and skulduggery in sunny Brighton Monday, 15 March 2021 Read more...
Unforgotten, Series 4, ITV review - is the familiar formula wearing thin? Wednesday, 10 March 2021 Read more...	The Terror, BBC Two review - nightmare in the Arctic wastes Thursday, 04 March 2021 Read more...
Your Honor, Sky Atlantic review - Bryan Cranston suffers fear and loathing in New Orleans Wednesday, 03 March 2021 Read more...	Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry, Apple TV+ review - sprawling account of the singer's rise to superstardom Sunday, 28 February 2021 Read more...
Bloodlands, BBC One review - ghosts of the Troubles return to poison the present Monday, 22 February 2021 Read more...	Whirlybird: Live Above LA - Storyville, BBC Four review - rise and fall of the first couple of airborne TV news Tuesday, 16 February 2021 Read more...

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Adam Sweeting

Articles By Adam Sweeting

Bent Coppers: Crossing the Line of Duty, BBC Two review - when crime paid handsomely for corrupt officers

Too Close, ITV review - capable cast struggles with unrewarding material

Sound of Metal review - hidden depths behind the decibels

Intruder, Channel 5 review - implausible but watchable

Queen Elizabeth and the Spy in the Palace, Channel 4 review - how the Fourth Man burrowed deep into the British Establishment

Keeping Faith, Series 3, BBC One review - is the drama turning to melodrama?

Line of Duty, Series 6, BBC One review - fasten your seatbelts, it's back

Drive to Survive, Season 3, Netflix review - the agony and the ecstasy of the 2020 F1 campaign

The One, Netflix review - the downside of scientific matchmaking

Grace, ITV review - sun, sea and skulduggery in sunny Brighton

Unforgotten, Series 4, ITV review - is the familiar formula wearing thin?

The Terror, BBC Two review - nightmare in the Arctic wastes

Your Honor, Sky Atlantic review - Bryan Cranston suffers fear and loathing in New Orleans

Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry, Apple TV+ review - sprawling account of the singer's rise to superstardom

Bloodlands, BBC One review - ghosts of the Troubles return to poison the present

Whirlybird: Live Above LA - Storyville, BBC Four review - rise and fall of the first couple of airborne TV news

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