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

London Film Festival 2024 - Daniel Craig, Amy Adams, Twiggy, Christopher Reeve and some snails Friday, 18 October 2024 Read more...	London Film Festival 2024 - the Vatican, the Blitz, a trip to Poland and a surfin' nightmare Saturday, 12 October 2024 Read more...
The Hardacres, Channel 5 review - a fishy tale of upward mobility Tuesday, 08 October 2024 Read more...	Joan, ITV1 review - the roller-coaster career of a 1980s jewel thief Saturday, 05 October 2024 Read more...
The Penguin, Sky Atlantic review - power, corruption, lies and prosthetics Tuesday, 01 October 2024 Read more...	Nightsleeper, BBC One review - strangers on a runaway train Friday, 20 September 2024 Read more...
The Perfect Couple, Netflix review - an inconvenient death ruins lavish Nantucket wedding Friday, 13 September 2024 Read more...	The Third Man rides again - 75th anniversary of Carol Reed's noir classic Friday, 06 September 2024 Read more...
Slow Horses, Season 4, Apple TV+ review - Gary Oldman returns as the 'gross and inappropriate' Jackson Lamb Wednesday, 04 September 2024 Read more...	theartsdesk Q&A: David Morrissey on (among other things) the return of 'Sherwood' and 'Daddy Issues' Wednesday, 28 August 2024 Read more...
Sherwood, Series 2, BBC One review - maybe time isn't such a great healer Monday, 26 August 2024 Read more...	Widow Clicquot review - Haley Bennett stars as the First Lady of champagne Friday, 23 August 2024 Read more...
Freddie Flintoff: Field of Dreams on Tour, BBC One review - a passage to India with the Preston irregulars Thursday, 15 August 2024 Read more...	Hollywoodgate review - on tour with the Taliban Thursday, 15 August 2024 Read more...
The Instigators, Apple TV+ review - Matt Damon and Casey Affleck are back on the Beantown beat Saturday, 10 August 2024 Read more...	Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple, Sky Documentaries review - the New Jersey rocker with many strings to his bow Monday, 05 August 2024 Read more...

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Adam Sweeting

Articles By Adam Sweeting

London Film Festival 2024 - Daniel Craig, Amy Adams, Twiggy, Christopher Reeve and some snails

London Film Festival 2024 - the Vatican, the Blitz, a trip to Poland and a surfin' nightmare

The Hardacres, Channel 5 review - a fishy tale of upward mobility

Joan, ITV1 review - the roller-coaster career of a 1980s jewel thief

The Penguin, Sky Atlantic review - power, corruption, lies and prosthetics

Nightsleeper, BBC One review - strangers on a runaway train

The Perfect Couple, Netflix review - an inconvenient death ruins lavish Nantucket wedding

The Third Man rides again - 75th anniversary of Carol Reed's noir classic

Slow Horses, Season 4, Apple TV+ review - Gary Oldman returns as the 'gross and inappropriate' Jackson Lamb

theartsdesk Q&A: David Morrissey on (among other things) the return of 'Sherwood' and 'Daddy Issues'

Sherwood, Series 2, BBC One review - maybe time isn't such a great healer

Widow Clicquot review - Haley Bennett stars as the First Lady of champagne

Freddie Flintoff: Field of Dreams on Tour, BBC One review - a passage to India with the Preston irregulars

Hollywoodgate review - on tour with the Taliban

The Instigators, Apple TV+ review - Matt Damon and Casey Affleck are back on the Beantown beat

Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple, Sky Documentaries review - the New Jersey rocker with many strings to his bow

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