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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

Prime Target, Apple TV+ review - the appliance of science

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Out There, ITV1 review - drugs and thugs disfigure the Welsh landscape

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A Complete Unknown review - how does it feel?

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What's the Matter with Tony Slattery?, BBC Two review - absorbing but troubling search for answers

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American Primeval, Netflix review - nightmare on the Wild Frontier

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Maria review - Pablo Larraín's haunting portrait of an opera legend

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A Real Pain review - Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin take a Holocaust tour of Poland

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Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, Sky Atlantic review - Colin Firth stars in gruelling dramatisation of the 1988 terror attack

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SAS Rogue Heroes, Series 2, BBC One review - Paddy Mayne's renegade warriors invade Italy

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All Creatures Great and Small, Christmas Special, Channel 5 review - Mrs Hall steps into the spotlight

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Death in Paradise Christmas Special, BBC One review - who killed Santa Claus?

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Queer review - Daniel Craig meets William Burroughs

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Black Doves, Netflix review - Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw battle against the implausible

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Nightbitch review - Mother's life as a dog

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Conclave review - secrets and lies in the Vatican's inner sanctum

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Senna, Netflix review - the life and legend of Brazil's greatest driver

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The Paper, Sky Max review - a spinoff of the US Office worth...

Fans of the US version of The Office may wonder what happened to the assorted oddballs of Dunder Mifflin, proud creators of...

The Pitchfork Disney, King's Head Theatre review - blaz...

Ever wondered if there was one moment when in-yer-face theatre started? Well, yes there was; there was one play that kicked off that whole 1990s...

Supersonic Festival 2025, Birmingham review - a deep dive in...

The annual Supersonic Festival is a major jewel in ...

Album: Faithless - Champion Sound

Although they haven’t had a hit single in almost 20 years, Faithless remain a potent commercial force, continuing to rack up festival headline...

The Guest, BBC One review - be careful what you wish for

Why isn’t Eve Myles a superstar? Though well known for her appearances in the likes of Torchwood, Broadchurch and the brilliant...

Born with Teeth, Wyndham's Theatre review - electric sp...

The title refers to a line in Henry VI, Part III: the future Richard III boasts that midwives cried, "Oh Jesus bless us, he is born with...

Album: Saint Etienne - International

International is Saint Etienne’s 13th album. It is their last. According to the promotional material, it was written while recording...

BBC Proms: Barruk, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Kuusisto rev...

Every year, the Royal Albert Hall proves complicit in the magic of the quietest utterances if, as Barenboim put it, you let the audience come to...

Blu-ray: The Graduate

Can a film’s classic status expire, or be rescinded? If it can, I’d say The Graduate is a potential candidate.

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