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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

Liar, Series 2, ITV review - more crime-by-numbers from the Williams brothers

Tuesday, 03 March 2020 Read more...

The Windsors, Series 3, Channel 4 review - perfect timing for return of the bogus royals

Wednesday, 26 February 2020 Read more...

Back in Time for the Corner Shop, BBC Two review - open all hours with the Ardern family

Wednesday, 26 February 2020 Read more...

Flesh and Blood, ITV review - Vivien's new love affair throws a cat among the family pigeons

Tuesday, 25 February 2020 Read more...

Locke & Key, Netflix review - comic book adaptation struggles to find its focus

Monday, 24 February 2020 Read more...

Hunters, Amazon Prime review - bringing God's justice to Nazis in America

Saturday, 22 February 2020 Read more...

The Call of the Wild review - how big-hearted Buck became leader of the pack

Friday, 21 February 2020 Read more...

How To Stay out of Jail, Channel 4 review – a bold rehabilitation programme from Durham police

Wednesday, 19 February 2020 Read more...

Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley, BBC Four review - is this version more valid than anyone else's?

Tuesday, 18 February 2020 Read more...

The Stranger, Netflix review - strong cast grapples with labyrinthine plotting

Saturday, 15 February 2020 Read more...

The Split, Series 2, BBC One review - where the law and family fortunes collide

Wednesday, 12 February 2020 Read more...

The Pale Horse, BBC One review - when in doubt, do another Agatha Christie remake

Monday, 10 February 2020 Read more...

The L Word: Generation Q, Sky Atlantic review - is the new Word as good as the old Word?

Wednesday, 05 February 2020 Read more...

Universal Credit: Inside the Welfare State, BBC Two review - drowning in a bureaucratic quagmire

Wednesday, 05 February 2020 Read more...

Baghdad Central, Channel 4 review - thriller set in the aftermath of the Iraq war

Tuesday, 04 February 2020 Read more...

Belsen: Our Story, BBC Two review - inside the unfathomable horror of the Holocaust

Wednesday, 29 January 2020 Read more...

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