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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

Stewart, Sky Documentaries review - touching and insightful portrait of Scottish race ace

Tuesday, 17 January 2023 Read more...

Happy Valley, Series 3, BBC One review - tension mounts as the Yorkshire crime drama approaches its conclusion

Monday, 16 January 2023 Read more...

Stonehouse, ITV review - history repeats itself as farce

Thursday, 05 January 2023 Read more...

Doc Martin Christmas Special, ITV review - Santa comes to Portwenn as the final curtain falls

Tuesday, 27 December 2022 Read more...

All Creatures Great and Small Christmas Special, Channel 5 review - life during wartime with the Yorkshire vets

Saturday, 24 December 2022 Read more...

Wildcat review - damaged war veteran reborn in the Peruvian jungle

Friday, 23 December 2022 Read more...

Adam Sweeting's Top 10 Films of 2022

Thursday, 22 December 2022 Read more...

Harry & Meghan, Netflix review - at home with the Harkles

Friday, 09 December 2022 Read more...

George & Tammy, Paramount+ review - alcohol, violence and heartache in Nashville

Thursday, 08 December 2022 Read more...

Tokyo Vice, BBC One review - murder, extortion and corruption in the Japanese capital

Thursday, 01 December 2022 Read more...

1899, Netflix review - Atlantic voyage turns into cosmic nightmare

Thursday, 24 November 2022 Read more...

The English, BBC Two review - Emily Blunt's date with destiny on the prairies

Friday, 11 November 2022 Read more...

The Crown, Season 5, Netflix review - is the royal epic outstaying its welcome?

Thursday, 10 November 2022 Read more...

SAS Rogue Heroes, BBC One review - rock'n'roll desert warfare from the pen of Steven Knight

Monday, 31 October 2022 Read more...

The Banshees of Inisherin review - stellar turns from Brendan Gleason and Colin Farrell

Friday, 21 October 2022 Read more...

All Creatures Great and Small, Series 3 finale, Channel 5 review - revived vet show still strikes a popular note

Friday, 21 October 2022 Read more...

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