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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

Chilean Miners: 17 Days Buried Alive, BBC Two

Saturday, 13 August 2011 Read more...

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Thursday, 11 August 2011 Read more...

Spooks terminated

Thursday, 11 August 2011 Read more...

CD: JD Souther - Natural History

Saturday, 06 August 2011 Read more...

Camelot, Series Finale, Channel 4

Saturday, 06 August 2011 Read more...

Super 8

Thursday, 04 August 2011 Read more...

Super 8

Thursday, 04 August 2011 Read more...

Dragons' Den, BBC Two

Sunday, 31 July 2011 Read more...

The Rattigan Enigma, BBC Four

Friday, 29 July 2011 Read more...

Captain America: The First Avenger

Tuesday, 26 July 2011 Read more...

Regional TV: Life Through a Local Lens/ Britain Through a Lens - The Documentary Film Mob, BBC Four

Thursday, 21 July 2011 Read more...

Horrible Bosses

Thursday, 21 July 2011 Read more...

The Hour, BBC Two

Wednesday, 20 July 2011 Read more...

Torchwood, BBC One

Thursday, 14 July 2011 Read more...

Bobby Fischer Against the World

Tuesday, 12 July 2011 Read more...

Holy Rollers

Thursday, 07 July 2011 Read more...

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Eddie Pepitone, Special review - return of the curmudgeon

There aren’t many comics like Eddie Pepitone any more – the veteran comic’s shtick harks to back an earlier age, pre-suitable for TV...

Dying review - they fuck you up, your mum and dad

Despite the title of Matthias Glasner’s award-winning drama, and the death that swirls around its characters, dying isn’t really its subject, but...

Album: Mádé Kuti - Chapter 1: Where Does Happiness Come From...

There can be few musicians on the planet from a more storied musical dynasty than Mádé Kuti. He is the son of Femi, the grandson of Fela. He grew...

theartsdesk Q&A: director Athina Rachel Tsangari on her...

Over a decade ago, a handful of Greek filmmakers set out to reinvent the national cinema amid the country's social and economic decline...

The Human League/Marc Almond/Toyah, Brighton Beach review -...

Today gradually blossoms from unpromising beginnings. LouderUK’s On The Beach event series takes place throughout the summer and runs the gamut...

A Moon for the Misbegotten, Almeida Theatre review - Michael...

Michael Shannon's long legs reach to the stars – or perhaps one should say the moon – in the Almeida's...

Album: Alice Cooper - The Revenge of Alice Cooper

Great (and not so great) bands reforming, either in the studio or in the live arena, is something of a trend at the moment. However, who would...

Burlesque, Savoy Theatre review - exhaustingly vapid

"It all starts with a snap," or so we're told early in the decidedly un-snappy Burlesque, which spends three hours borrowing shamelessly...

Tosca, Clonter Opera review - beauty and integrity in miniat...

At first sight, it seemed that Clonter Opera’s decision to tackle Tosca this year might be a leap too far. Its once-a-year complete...