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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

Anon review - adventures in cyber-noir

Friday, 11 May 2018 Read more...

Entebbe review – Seventies hijack drama remains grounded

Thursday, 10 May 2018 Read more...

Homeland, Series 7 Finale, Channel 4 review - Russian roulette

Monday, 07 May 2018 Read more...

Andrew Haigh: 'In the end you have to be able to make the decisions' - interview

Monday, 30 April 2018 Read more...

Jeff Beck: Still on the Run, BBC Four review - a legend without portfolio

Saturday, 28 April 2018 Read more...

Westworld, Series 2, Sky Atlantic review - big trouble in synthetic paradise

Tuesday, 24 April 2018 Read more...

Below the Surface, Series Finale, BBC Four review - tense and twisty to the bitter end

Sunday, 08 April 2018 Read more...

The City and the City, BBC Two review - detection in four dimensions

Saturday, 07 April 2018 Read more...

Deep State, Fox review - secrets, lies and spies

Friday, 06 April 2018 Read more...

Sweet Country review - hell in the Outback

Wednesday, 04 April 2018 Read more...

In the Long Run, Sky 1 review - bright start for multiracial comedy

Friday, 30 March 2018 Read more...

Ready Player One review - Spielberg goes back to the future

Thursday, 29 March 2018 Read more...

The Good Fight, Series 2, More4 review - the longer they do it, the better it gets

Friday, 23 March 2018 Read more...

The Durrells, Series 3, ITV review - a winter warmer from Corfu

Monday, 19 March 2018 Read more...

Annihilation, Netflix review - not quite a sci-fi masterpiece

Thursday, 15 March 2018 Read more...

Below the Surface, BBC Four review - terror in Copenhagen

Sunday, 11 March 2018 Read more...

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