Adam Sweeting | The Arts Desk

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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

The Drop Tuesday, 11 November 2014 Read more...	Great Continental Railway Journeys, BBC Two Thursday, 06 November 2014 Read more...
The Passing Bells, BBC One Tuesday, 04 November 2014 Read more...	Interstellar Monday, 03 November 2014 Read more...
DVD: Godzilla Friday, 31 October 2014 Read more...	Horns Thursday, 30 October 2014 Read more...
Sunny Afternoon, Harold Pinter Theatre Wednesday, 29 October 2014 Read more...	Intruders, BBC Two Tuesday, 28 October 2014 Read more...
Gotham, Channel 5 Tuesday, 14 October 2014 Read more...	Homeland, Series 4, Channel 4 / The Code, BBC Four Monday, 13 October 2014 Read more...
Genesis: Together and Apart, BBC Two Sunday, 05 October 2014 Read more...	CD: Jackson Browne - Standing in the Breach Sunday, 05 October 2014 Read more...
Peaky Blinders, Series 2, BBC Two Friday, 03 October 2014 Read more...	Gone Girl Thursday, 02 October 2014 Read more...
Mary J Blige, iTunes Festival, Roundhouse Friday, 26 September 2014 Read more...	Downton Abbey, Series 5, ITV Monday, 22 September 2014 Read more...

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