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

Dublin Murders, Series Finale, BBC One review - eerie detective drama grips tightly Wednesday, 06 November 2019 Read more...	Rich Hall's Red Menace, BBC Four review - laconic comic referees the Free World versus Communism Wednesday, 06 November 2019 Read more...
Love and Hate Crime, BBC One review - Abel Cedeno was a killer, but was he also a victim? Wednesday, 30 October 2019 Read more...	Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild, Series 10, Channel 5 review - living off your wits and below the radar in Sweden Wednesday, 30 October 2019 Read more...
Black and Blue review - police thriller aims high and misses Thursday, 24 October 2019 Read more...	The Troubles: A Secret History, BBC Four, finale review - peace at last, but at what price? Wednesday, 23 October 2019 Read more...
The British Tribe Next Door, Channel 4 review - risible culture-clash farrago Wednesday, 23 October 2019 Read more...	Spiral, Series 7, BBC Four review - hard-hitting return of our favourite French cop show Sunday, 20 October 2019 Read more...
Giri/Haji, BBC Two review - inspired Anglo-Japanese thriller makes compulsive viewing Friday, 18 October 2019 Read more...	Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy, Gold review - illuminating account of TV's struggle to become multicultural Wednesday, 16 October 2019 Read more...
Chaos in the Cockpit: Flights from Hell, Channel 5 review - do we really want to watch plane-wreck TV? Tuesday, 15 October 2019 Read more...	LFF 2019: Le Mans '66 review - Matt Damon, Christian Bale and the Ford Motor Company go to war Saturday, 12 October 2019 Read more...
American Woman review - leading lady Sienna Miller moves up a gear Wednesday, 09 October 2019 Read more...	Doing Drugs for Fun, Channel 5 review - why the cocaine trade is no laughing matter Wednesday, 09 October 2019 Read more...
The Great British Bake Off, Episode 7, Channel 4 review - bakers hampered by pointless celebrities Wednesday, 09 October 2019 Read more...	LFF 2019: The King review - head conquers heart in Shakespeare adaptation Saturday, 05 October 2019 Read more...

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There is a freshness about a show by Youssou N’Dour that never seems to lose its glow. He still has one of the great voices of Africa, a versatile...

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The auditorium and arena were packed – and the stage even more so, bursting at the seams with players and singers: the perfect set-up for a First...

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What a great album – and what a great story to lift the heart in these fetid times. A story that crosses oceans and decades and brings together a...

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Adam Sweeting

Articles By Adam Sweeting

Dublin Murders, Series Finale, BBC One review - eerie detective drama grips tightly

Rich Hall's Red Menace, BBC Four review - laconic comic referees the Free World versus Communism

Love and Hate Crime, BBC One review - Abel Cedeno was a killer, but was he also a victim?

Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild, Series 10, Channel 5 review - living off your wits and below the radar in Sweden

Black and Blue review - police thriller aims high and misses

The Troubles: A Secret History, BBC Four, finale review - peace at last, but at what price?

The British Tribe Next Door, Channel 4 review - risible culture-clash farrago

Spiral, Series 7, BBC Four review - hard-hitting return of our favourite French cop show

Giri/Haji, BBC Two review - inspired Anglo-Japanese thriller makes compulsive viewing

Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy, Gold review - illuminating account of TV's struggle to become multicultural

Chaos in the Cockpit: Flights from Hell, Channel 5 review - do we really want to watch plane-wreck TV?

LFF 2019: Le Mans '66 review - Matt Damon, Christian Bale and the Ford Motor Company go to war

American Woman review - leading lady Sienna Miller moves up a gear

Doing Drugs for Fun, Channel 5 review - why the cocaine trade is no laughing matter

The Great British Bake Off, Episode 7, Channel 4 review - bakers hampered by pointless celebrities

LFF 2019: The King review - head conquers heart in Shakespeare adaptation

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