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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

Thatcher & Reagan: A Very Special Relationship, BBC Two review - when the Iron Lady met the Cowboy President

Monday, 04 April 2022 Read more...

Bridgerton, Season 2, Netflix review - power politics and love triangles as Regency fantasy returns

Saturday, 26 March 2022 Read more...

The Last Kingdom, Season 5, Netflix review - Danes-and-Saxons saga hurtles towards an epic climax

Monday, 21 March 2022 Read more...

Hive review - how a group of Kosovan widows rebuilt their lives

Wednesday, 16 March 2022 Read more...

Drive to Survive, Season 4, Netflix review - bitter rivalries on and off the track

Saturday, 12 March 2022 Read more...

Shane, Amazon Prime review - the outsized life and times of cricket's King of Spin

Tuesday, 08 March 2022 Read more...

The Ipcress File, ITV review – adaptation of Len Deighton thriller fires on all cylinders

Monday, 07 March 2022 Read more...

Peaky Blinders, Series 6 review, BBC One - have we reached peak Peakies?

Monday, 28 February 2022 Read more...

Chloe, BBC One review - good start, weak finish

Tuesday, 22 February 2022 Read more...

Inventing Anna, Netflix review - fake heiress saga outstays its welcome

Monday, 21 February 2022 Read more...

Here Before review - family values under supernatural pressure

Friday, 18 February 2022 Read more...

The Real Charlie Chaplin review - not as revealing as its title suggests

Wednesday, 16 February 2022 Read more...

Pam & Tommy, Disney+ review - the infamous sex tape that went global

Wednesday, 02 February 2022 Read more...

The Teacher, Channel 5 review - inappropriate behaviour in the school environment

Tuesday, 01 February 2022 Read more...

Belfast review - coming of age amid the terror of the Troubles

Tuesday, 01 February 2022 Read more...

The Responder, BBC One review - the loneliness of the long-distance copper

Tuesday, 25 January 2022 Read more...

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