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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

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, BST Hyde Park review - Saturday in the park with Bruce

Sunday, 09 July 2023 Read more...

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Season 4, Prime Video review - final outing for John Krasinski's CIA hero

Tuesday, 04 July 2023 Read more...

Hijack, Apple TV+ review - trapped at 40,000 feet with a bunch of armed thugs

Thursday, 29 June 2023 Read more...

Spiral of Lies, Channel 4 review - bodies, fibs and bad karma in Biarritz

Tuesday, 27 June 2023 Read more...

Turn of the Tide, Netflix review - cocaine madness comes to the Azores

Saturday, 24 June 2023 Read more...

No Hard Feelings review - nothing about this queasy comedy feels quite right

Thursday, 22 June 2023 Read more...

Best Interests, BBC One review - a family feels the unbearable strain of terminal illness

Tuesday, 13 June 2023 Read more...

Chevalier review - a less than extraordinary film about an extraordinary man

Friday, 09 June 2023 Read more...

Hypnotic review - a riotously enjoyable thriller

Sunday, 28 May 2023 Read more...

Inland review - a cracked mosaic of memories, impressions and lurking anxiety

Wednesday, 24 May 2023 Read more...

Ten Pound Poms, BBC One review - a new life in the Great Southern Land

Monday, 15 May 2023 Read more...

A different angle on the Anne Frank story in 'A Small Light'

Wednesday, 03 May 2023 Read more...

Fatal Attraction, Paramount+ review - Adrian Lyne's bunny-boiler blockbuster expanded onwards and outwards

Tuesday, 02 May 2023 Read more...

Citadel, Prime Video review - did Amazon really pay $300m for this?

Sunday, 30 April 2023 Read more...

The Diplomat, Netflix review - can London's new American ambassador prevent World War Three?

Saturday, 29 April 2023 Read more...

Malpractice, ITV1 review - she got into a mess on the NHS

Monday, 24 April 2023 Read more...

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