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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

Screenwriter Adam Price on 'Ride Upon the Storm' - 'If we discuss faith, we will possibly not kill each other'

Saturday, 26 January 2019 Read more...

Black Lake, Series 2 Finale, BBC Four review - Swedish chiller fails to thrill

Sunday, 20 January 2019 Read more...

Magnum P.I., Sky 1 review - slick and formulaic remake of Eighties original

Thursday, 17 January 2019 Read more...

Call My Agent!, Netflix review - French movie stars turn out for witty and waspish TV show

Wednesday, 09 January 2019 Read more...

The Favourite review - scintillatingly warped portrait of the court of Queen Anne

Wednesday, 02 January 2019 Read more...

Les Misérables, BBC One review - Dominic West looks the part in new Victor Hugo adaptation

Monday, 31 December 2018 Read more...

Torvill & Dean, ITV review - skating into history

Wednesday, 26 December 2018 Read more...

The Dead Room, BBC Four review - ghosts at the microphone

Tuesday, 25 December 2018 Read more...

Watership Down, BBC One review - run rabbit run

Sunday, 23 December 2018 Read more...

Springsteen on Broadway, Netflix review - one-man band becomes one-man show

Saturday, 15 December 2018 Read more...

Lizzie review - murder most meticulous

Thursday, 13 December 2018 Read more...

Sir Cliff Richard: 60 Years in Public and in Private, ITV review - bachelor boy bounces back

Tuesday, 11 December 2018 Read more...

Care, BBC One review - a blunt but powerful polemic

Monday, 10 December 2018 Read more...

Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942-1984, BBC Four review - the way she was

Sunday, 09 December 2018 Read more...

The Old Man & the Gun review - sundown on Sundance

Friday, 07 December 2018 Read more...

Mrs Wilson, BBC One review - real-life secrets and lies

Wednesday, 28 November 2018 Read more...

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