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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

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...

Ocean's 8 review – half-cocked caper

Monday, 18 June 2018 Read more...

Hidden, BBC Four review - a death in Snowdonia

Sunday, 10 June 2018 Read more...

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom review - dinosaurs in peril

Friday, 08 June 2018 Read more...

Our Girl, Series 4, BBC One review - 2 Section versus Boko Haram

Wednesday, 06 June 2018 Read more...

King Lear, BBC Two review - modernised TV adaptation is a mixed blessing

Tuesday, 29 May 2018 Read more...

The Rolling Stones, London Stadium review - only rock'n'roll?

Wednesday, 23 May 2018 Read more...

A Very English Scandal, BBC One review - making a drama out of a crisis

Monday, 21 May 2018 Read more...

The Handmaid's Tale, Series 2, Channel 4 review - it's not getting any better for Offred

Monday, 21 May 2018 Read more...

Innocent, ITV review - David Collins wants his life back

Thursday, 17 May 2018 Read more...

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