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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

Lucky review - fabled character actor stars in his own obituary

Friday, 14 September 2018 Read more...

Black Earth Rising, BBC Two review - Blick's new blockbuster

Tuesday, 11 September 2018 Read more...

h 100 Awards: Broadcast - TV's national treasures

Monday, 13 August 2018 Read more...

The Negotiator review - Jon Hamm shines in Beirut-based thriller

Friday, 10 August 2018 Read more...

Age Before Beauty, BBC One review - mid-life makeover madness

Wednesday, 01 August 2018 Read more...

Hidden, Series Finale, BBC Four review - a whydunnit, not a whodunnit

Sunday, 29 July 2018 Read more...

The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco, ITV review - the ludicrous in search of the preposterous

Thursday, 26 July 2018 Read more...

Mission: Impossible - Fallout review - brilliant summer blockbuster

Monday, 23 July 2018 Read more...

Who Is America?, Channel 4 review - sudden return of Sacha Baron Cohen

Tuesday, 17 July 2018 Read more...

Unforgotten, Series 3, ITV review - death on the M1

Monday, 16 July 2018 Read more...

Sharp Objects, Sky Atlantic review - Amy Adams battles her demons

Tuesday, 10 July 2018 Read more...

Whitney review - superstar's dismal demise revisited

Wednesday, 04 July 2018 Read more...

Eric Clapton: A Life in 12 Bars, BBC Two review - blues, booze and dues

Sunday, 01 July 2018 Read more...

Adrift review - lost at sea

Friday, 29 June 2018 Read more...

Sicario: Day of the Soldado review - violent, explosive and nihilistic thriller

Thursday, 28 June 2018 Read more...

Reporting Trump's First Year: the Fourth Estate, BBC Two review - all hands on deck at the Gray Lady

Monday, 25 June 2018 Read more...

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Honey Don’t! review - film noir in the bright sun

The Coen brothers’ output has been so broad-ranging, and the duo so self-deprecating, that critics have long had difficulty getting their arms...

Blu-ray: The Sweeney - Series One

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There is such nonchalance with Sabrina Teitelbaum that even her appeals to the crowd appeared laid-back. At points during her set the Los Angeles...

Ganavya, Barbican review - low-key spirituality

At the start or her show, the white-robed singer Ganavya does something unusual: while other performers usually warm their audience up before...